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Yields of Cereal Grain and Protein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

N. W. Simmonds
N. W. Simmonds
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Summary

Earlier work has shown that, in cereals in general, grain yield (Y) and protein content (P) are strongly negatively related. It is shown here that the expected positive expected relationship between grain yield and protein yield also holds, with (YP) given approximately by YP = 0.141 + 0.0969 Y. All cereal breeding in which high protein content is desired therefore faces a compromise with grain yield.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , July 1996, pp. 351 - 356
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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