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Production curves for pastures and veld
Author
Jones, R.I.
Bartholomew, P.E.
Publisher
Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa
Publication Year
1973
Body

The Gompertz curve applied to forage cumulative yields can be specified with three or more data points (yields at known times, including a possible zero yield at the start). Good correlations between pasture experimental data and the Gompertz curve, fitted by a weighting iterative procedure, have been obtained.

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Collection
Southern Africa Collection
Journal Name
Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa
Keywords
Africa