Agricultural Field Experiments: Design and AnalysisThis text provides statistical and biometrical procedures for designing, conducting, analyzing and interpreting field experiments. It addresses the most important research topics in agriculture, including agronomy, breeding and pasture trials; farming systems research; and intercropping research. |
Contents
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2 The Field Plot | 19 |
3 Basic Experimental Designs | 35 |
4 Agronomy Trials | 77 |
5 Variety Trials | 153 |
6 Combined Analysis of Several Experiments | 205 |
7 Experiments with Perennial Crops | 261 |
8 Pasture Trials | 291 |
9 OnFarm Trials in Farming Systems Research | 318 |
10 Intercropping Research | 353 |
Appendix | 385 |
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2MSE adjusted Aleppo Aleppo Province analysis of variance ANOVA ANOVA Source df coefficients combined analysis completely randomized design computed conducted cowpea degrees of freedom difference entries error mean square experimental design experimental error factor factorial experiment farmer's practice farms fertilizer field plan forage genotype given in Table grain yield grazing herbicide improved practice increase interaction intercrop interval estimate j-th level j-th treatment L₁ Latin square lattices Lentils main effects mean yield measure nitrogen number of replications number of treatments On-Farm FSR Trial orthogonal polynomial partition phosphorus polynomial pooled error R₁ randomized block design regression row ratio season selections shown in Table significance tests sitona sole crop sorghum Source df SS SSAB SSTot standard error sum of squares test the significance tester treatment means unit area variability variety Yield kg/ha yield trials yields kg/plot