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Not AvailablePrediction of fibre yield in ramie [Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud.] is absolutely necessary for well ahead planning of marketing arrangements between the actual grower and the textile mills who are situated geographically in distant locations in India. There is no yield estimation method for Indian ramie cultivars. Therefore, an attempt had been made to develop linear regression equations of fibre yield (Y) estimation for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th cutting by considering total green weight (X) as independent variable. The regression equation for 1st cutting is Y= 0.0261 X, for 2nd cutting is Y= 0.0297 X, for 3rd cutting is Y= 0.0300 X and for 4th cutting is Y= 0.0270 X. The coefficient of determination (R2) values for the regression equations were ranged between 0.9186 and 0.8276 and at the same time the predicted values were very close to the actual yield. Therefore, the developed regression equations can predict the fibre yield in Indian ramie cultivar (R 1411) with acceptable accuracy.Not Availabl