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Various linear measurements were made on 115 provenances of Sesbania sesban var. nubica to establish their relationships with woody and leafy biomass yields of the trees after a year's undisturbed growth. Data were subjected to simple and multiple linear regression analyses. There were significant (P < 0.001) correlations in most cases but particularly so with leafy and total biomass where over 50% of the variations were accounted for by their regression on stem diameter at knee height (DKH). When data for dependent variables were logarithmically transformed, better regression coefficients (over 60%) were obtained for stem diameter at breast height (DBH) and DKH.
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Otieno, K., Onim, J.F.M., Bryant, M.J. et al. The relation between biomass yield and linear measures of growth in Sesbania sesban in western Kenya. Agroforest Syst 13, 131–141 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00140237
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00140237