Harvest index: a review of its use in plant breeding and crop physiology

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 197-216

  HAY, R K M ^a  

^a Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

barley; biomass; chickpea; grain (economic) yield; Harvest index; maize; pulses; rice; varieties; wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985520793     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1995.tb05015.x     Document Type: Article

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