Weed biomass
Weed biomass
Weed biomass
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Droopy plant type is not a favourable attribute<br />
Within mixed population of 40 cv’s<br />
Yield w<br />
<strong>Weed</strong> <strong>biomass</strong><br />
Erectness 0.71** − 0.68**<br />
Within japonica germplasm of 23 cv’s<br />
Yield w<br />
<strong>Weed</strong> <strong>biomass</strong><br />
Erectness 0.50* − 0.64*<br />
A more erect plant type was correlated with higher yields (more even light<br />
distribution in the canopy). Surprisingly there was no penalty regarding WSA,<br />
as erectness was associated with a lower amount of weed <strong>biomass</strong>.