If you associate the plant biomass with their leaf area, you can get more information related to growth rates (growth analysis) as the rate of crop growth, the relative growth rate and net assimilation rate. Good study.
Not all of the biomass produced by the plant referred as yield. However the yield can be estimated using an empirical equation which relates yield and biomass in the study area.
I think the dry biomass of maize under controlled conditions is the best indicator of maize crop yield especially when different treatments are applied. Also if you have a database and appropriate statistical processing can relate the different parameters determined in the greenhouse and field,and then performance the corresponding equation and therefore can predict what will happen in the field fairly accurately.