Indian Journal of Plant Physiology

  • Year: 1987
  • Volume: 30o
  • Issue: 3

Source-sink relationship in cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz)

  • Author:
  • T. Ramanujam
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 297 to 299

Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Trivandrum-695017

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Abstract

Source-sink relationship in cassava was studied using four cultivars. The results suggested that the net assimilation rate (NAR) was reduced significantly when source size was increased beyond an LAI of 3.0. Significant reduction in NAR was also noticed when the sink size was reduced.