Incomplete block designs for genetic testing: Statistical efficiencies with missing observations

Forest Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 374-380

  Fu, Yong Bi ^a   Yanchuk, Alvin D ^c   Namkoong, Gene ^b   Clarke, G Peter Y ^d  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Genetic testing; Incomplete block design; Missing observations; Mortality; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CLONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLANT GENETICS; PROCESS DESIGN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032765690     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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