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Statistical analysis of two-dimensional variation in variety yield trials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. A. Kempton ,
J. C. Seraphin  and
A. M. Sword
R. A. Kempton
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural Statistics Service, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK
J. C. Seraphin
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural Statistics Service, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK
A. M. Sword
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural Statistics Service, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK
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Summary

Methods of adjustment for two-dimensional spatial heterogeneity of grain yield were investigated for 224 UK cereal trials. The methods used row and column ‘block’ analysis of plot yields and neighbour analysis based on first differences of plot yields. In 36% of trial analyses for block models and 30% for neighbour models the average variance of variety differences was reduced by more than 10% compared with the better of the one-dimensional row or column models. Compared with complete blocks, 2-D block analysis had a mean efficiency of 153% whereas the conventional 1-D block analysis (by rows) had a mean efficiency of 127%. Similarly, 2-D neighbour analysis had a mean efficiency of 159% whereas the 1-D analysis had a mean efficiency of 137%. Recently, general statistical methods have been developed for two-dimensional design and analysis; their wider use should lead to major gains in the precision of variety trials.

Type
Crops and Soils
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 122 , Issue 3 , June 1994 , pp. 335 - 342
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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