Glossary

Some terms with which the reader may not be familiar:

Biomass: Total plant yield inclusive of usable and non-usable portions and exclusive of roots.

Harvest index: Ratio of economically important grain yield to the total plant biomass yield.

LAN: Limestone Ammonium Nitrate, a fertiliser containing 28% of nitrogen (N).

Determinate cultivar: a cultivar that produces flowers once.

Indeterminate cultivar: a cultivar that flowers continuously.