grain yield
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrainandyield
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grain
noun
uk/ɡreɪn/us/ɡreɪn/
a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice ...
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yield
noun[C usually plural]
uk/jiːld/us/jiːld/
an amount of something positive, such as food or profit, that is produced ...
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(Definition ofgrainandyieldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The fungicide scheduling programme that provided the highestgrainyieldvaried by cultivar and season.
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Otherwise, recent research has emphasized detection and analysis of variation ingrainyield, not so in quality traits.
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The relationship between date of planting and the -oral characteristics including thegrainyieldof the two selected sorghum cultivars were investigated.
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Several attributes, as well asgrainyieldand yield components, were measured at different crop growth stages.
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Several attributes, as well asgrainyieldand yield components, were measured during five crop development stages.
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Absolute measurements were made of meteorological conditions, growth and partitioning after each phase of crop development, andgrainyield.
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Spraying combinations of micronutrients had a greater impact on increasing biological yield andgrainyieldof wheat than the application of elements individually.
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There is no known literature describing the effect of grazing summer cover crops on subsequent wheatgrainyield.
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At harvest, plants were sampled to quantify aboveground biomass,grainyield, grain number and average grain weight.
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Intercropped cowpea (which yielded more than double the above-ground non-grain biomass of pigeonpea) had less effect on maizegrainyield.
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At the grain-forming, post-grain-forming and maturity stages, the fraction of above-ground biomass representinggrainyield(rice grain with husk, and barley seed) was separately estimated.
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Increases ingrainyieldin bread wheat from breeding and associated physiological changes.
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Physiological attributes related to the generation ofgrainyieldin bread wheat cultivars released at different eras.
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Natural selection forgrainyieldin dry bean populations bred by the bulk method.
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In the case ofgrainyield, the relative effect of heterozygosity increased substantially with increasing levels of stress.
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Depending on storage conditions and time between measurement ofgrainyieldand kernel mass, the moisture content difference can be substantial.
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The moisture content of the grain was used to calculategrainyieldper ha after adjusting to 12% moisture content.
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The varieties selected provided e acceptablegrainyieldduring preliminary tests at the experimental site.
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