title: Hand-held computer program for field-capture and analysis of herbage yield and composition data using a modified dry-weight-rank and yield estimate method.
abstract: A BASIC program is described which is used to collect, check and analyse rank estimates of plant yield in the field. The program operates in a portable, battery-powered Sharp PC1500A hand-held computer than can be used in a field environment. Data are collected using a modified dry-weight-rank method and comparative yield estimates. Much of the software is designed to trap incorrect data entry. Raw data or summary data may be printed, displayed, and stored on cassette tape or transferred to another computer through a communications interface. The program can be easily modified to run on other models of the Sharp PC series or other portable computers that use a similar BASIC interpreter.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO, Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research, Central Australian Laboratory, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Bastin
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004463:Ecology / Q000379:methods*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods*; D008838:Microcomputers; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D013045:Species Specificity