Ridge regression technique to determine the environmental influences on tef (eragrostis tef) grain yield

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 135-138

  Debusho, Legesse Kassa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Multicollinearity; Ridge regression; Tef; Variance inflation factor

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YIELD;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS TEF;

EID: 57049143049     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2008.10639908     Document Type: Article

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