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100 _asajitha Vijayan M
245 _aForcasting Of Lemongrass (cymbopogon Flexuosus Nees ex.Steud Wats) Yield Based On Weather Parameters
260 _aVellanikkara
_bDepartment of Agricultural Statistics, College of Horticulture
_c2001
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520 3 _aThe grass and oil yield obtained from comparative yield trials conducted at Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Research Station from 1965-1989 and the weather observations corresponding to the same period have been analysed in order to evaluate the effect of different climatic factors on lomongrass yield and to develop suitable prediction models for the pre-harvest forecasting of grass yield with sufficient degree of precision. The variety viz., OD-19 (Sugandhi) was considered and the crop was raised as rainfed for the entire period of investigation. The meteorological variables included in the study were number of rainy days, total rainfall (mm), maximum temperature (0C), minimum temperature (0C) and relative humidity (%). Coefficients of correlation of weather variables and their logarithms with grass and oil yield for the growing period of the crop (six weeks or three fortnights) were worked out. Two stage regression models for each week of the growing period were developed to predict grass and oil yield using observations on weather variables up to the week of forecast as the explanatory variables. Predictability of model obtained for earlier week of crop growth were over 70% for first, second, fourth and fifth harvests. Fortnightly prediction models were also developed making use of weather variables and their logarithms. In addition to these, logarithms of weather variables were also used as explanatory variables to predict logarithm of grass and oil yields. In the case of fortnightly weather variables composite regression model proposed by Agrawal et al.(1980) was also developed.
700 _aSoudamini P (Guide)
856 _uhttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810153855
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