Monitoring head and pod density

The number of tiller in cereals establishes the yield potential of the crop for the season. The branching of legumes and canola largely determines the yield potential in these crops. An assessment of head and pod numbers is a useful indicator as to the number of tillers that have survived to form heads and whether or not maximum yield potential of the crop has been maintained.

Flowering kaspa crop
High yielding Kaspa field pea crop
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