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Different methods for determining leaf area of some oil crops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Idris Mohmed Nur
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Corporation, Wad Medani, Sudan

Summary

Studies of leaf area estimate of some oil crops were made using planimeter measurement, punch borer and length × width × factor. The extent of sample variation depended on the variety in each of these methods; the last two methods were found to be simple, precise and less time consuming.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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