Claim · model-written summary
Pentland Crown had higher total and dry matter yields than King Edward or Maris Piper without supplementary water.
- Taxon
- potatoes
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Material
- Pentland Crowne0
- Outcome
- total and dry matter yieldse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- no supplementary water and protected from rainfall throughout growthe0
- Comparator
- King Edward or Maris Pipere0
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Verbatim
e0“Pentland Crown and Majestic gave, in general, higher total and dry matter yields from plots given no supplementary water and protected from rainfall throughout growth than King Edward or Maris Piper”
t0“potatoes”
Title
Joyce R. A. Steckel; D. Gray The Journal of Agricultural Science 1979. doi:10.1017/s0021859600062900
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Majestic had higher total and dry matter yields than King Edward or Maris Piper without supplementary water.
- Observation All varieties had similar yields near field capacity.
- Observation Pentland Crown had deeper roots than the other two varieties at tuber formation.
- Observation Majestic had deeper roots than the other two varieties at tuber formation.
- Observation Rooting depth differences among varieties were small, about 100 mm.
- Observation Water extraction differences were small except in the top 150 mm of soil.
- Association Water extraction differences were not consistently related to varietal yield response.
- Association Rooting depth differences were not consistently related to varietal yield response.