Small grain screenings in wheat - Using the grain size distribution for predicting cultivar responses

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 771-779

  Sharma, D L ^a   D'Antuono, M F ^a   Anderson, W K ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grain weight distribution; Skew Laplace distribution

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; GRAIN SIZE; HARVESTING; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SKEWNESS; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33746238788     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR05272     Document Type: Article

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