DESIGNS FOR CONTROLLING INTERPLOT COMPETITION IN VARIETY TRIALS

Citation
O. David et al., DESIGNS FOR CONTROLLING INTERPLOT COMPETITION IN VARIETY TRIALS, Journal of Agricultural Science, 127, 1996, pp. 285-288
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience
ISSN journal
00218596
Volume
127
Year of publication
1996
Part
3
Pages
285 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8596(1996)127:<285:DFCICI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Interplot competition in crop variety trials leads to biased estimates of variety differences. Modified alpha designs are proposed which aim to control competition by restricting the randomization so that adjac ent varieties show similar competition effects. The designs are availa ble in the computer program Alpha+.