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Analysis of On-farm Rice Yield Data from India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

N. W. Simmonds  and
M. Talbot
N. W. Simmonds
Affiliation:
Edinburgh School of Agriculture, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG
M. Talbot
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural Statistics Service, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ
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Summary

Data recently published in this journal on grain yields of new rice varieties, grown under rainfed conditions on-farm in two villages in Uttar Pradesh, were analysed. The new varieties were spectacularly better than the landraces with which they were compared and showed a high regression slope (>2) against the landraces. If supported by further studies, such experiments could provide an appropriate, but hitherto unexplored, approach to plant breeding for poor, small farmers operating with low inputs.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , July 1992 , pp. 325 - 329
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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