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A RAPID NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHOD OF ESTIMATING LEAF AREA IN CASHEW
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108_8
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50 – 52
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Abstract
A rapid non-destructive method to estimate leaf area in cashew is proposed based on linear measurements of leaf.
The exponential model involving maximum length and maximum breadth gave the best prediction equation A = (0.8356) L0.843 B1.08 with R2 as high as 98.92 per cent.
Since this model involved cumbersome computation it is preferable to use a linear model A = 0.21 + 0.69 P where P is the product of length and breadth of leaf.
This model also has sufficiently high predictability (R2 = 96.81%). Rapidity of this method can be further expedited without loss of predictability (R2 = 89.62%) by taking the linear model A = –44.28 + 14.32 B where breadth alone is taken into consideration in estimating the leaf area.
The exponential model involving maximum length and maximum breadth gave the best prediction equation A = (0.8356) L0.843 B1.08 with R2 as high as 98.92 per cent.
Since this model involved cumbersome computation it is preferable to use a linear model A = 0.21 + 0.69 P where P is the product of length and breadth of leaf.
This model also has sufficiently high predictability (R2 = 96.81%). Rapidity of this method can be further expedited without loss of predictability (R2 = 89.62%) by taking the linear model A = –44.28 + 14.32 B where breadth alone is taken into consideration in estimating the leaf area.
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Authors
K.N. MURTHY, K. VIJAYA KUMAR, S. BHAGAVAN, C. CHENCHU SUBBAIAH, P.M. KUMARAN
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