A new method to analyse relationships between yield components with boundary lines

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-128

  Makowski, David ^a,b   Doré, Thierry ^a   Monod, Hervé ^b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UR341 National Agronomical Research Institute (INRA)   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary line; Model; Parameter estimation; Quantile regression; Yield components; Yield gap analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LINE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DATA SET; LIMITING FACTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547558635     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2006029     Document Type: Article

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