Allometric growth relationships of East Africa highland bananas (Musa AAA-EAHB) cv. Kisansa and Mbwazirume

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-418

  Nyombi, K ^a,b   Van Asten, P J A ^c   Leffelaar, P A ^a   Corbeels, M ^d   Kaizzi, C K ^e   Giller, K E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c International Institute for Tropical Agriculture   (Uganda)

^d TSBF CIAT   (Zimbabwe)

^e Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Biomass; Girth; Height; Leaf area; Radiation interception

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALLOMETRY; CROP YIELD; FRUIT; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION BUDGET;

UGANDA;

MUSA;

EID: 73149118703     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2009.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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