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Table S3. Coefficient uncertainty for major crops
Crop
Mode
Range
Harvest Index
Rice
0.42
0.17 - 0.561–5
Wheat
0.39
0.31 - 0.531,2,4,6,7
Maize
0.53
0.25 - 0.58 2,4,8,9
Sugar cane
0.75
0.70 - 0.856,10,11
Cassava
0.50
0.26 - 0.6612–17
Soybeans
0.42
0.40 - 0.6518–21
Oil palm fruit and kernel
0.46
0.44 - 0.5222,23
Barley
0.46
0.32 - 0.636,24–26
Rapeseed
0.30
0.18 - 0.3227–29
Seed cotton
0.40
0.26 - 0.5230,31
Root:Shoot Ratio
Rice
0.22
Wheat
0.20
Maize
0.18
Sugar cane
0.18
Cassava
0.15
Soybeans
0.19
Oil palm fruit and kernel
0.15
Barley
0.11
Rapeseed
0.15
Seed cotton
0.17
0.16 - 0.2632–34
0.09 - 0.9035
0.09 - 1.1135
0.05 - 0.2736–38
no data
0.12 - 1.1135
0.06 - 0.5739
0.06 - 0.5935
0.13 - 0.3140,29
0.10 - 0.3641,42
Dry Matter Content of Harvested Biomass
Rice
0.91
0.82 - 0.9143
Wheat
0.87
0.82 - 0.9344–46
Maize
0.86
0.78 - 0.9647
Sugar cane
0.26
0.20 - 0.3048
Cassava
0.88
0.86 - 0.8849,50
Soybeans
0.88
0.85 - 0.9051,52
Oil palm fruit and kernel
0.65
0.45 - 0.7053
Barley
0.87
0.82 - 0.9344–46
Rapeseed
0.93
0.99 - 0.9354,55
Seed cotton
0.92
0.84 - 0.9456,57
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