Effect of control plot density, control plot arrangement, and assumption of random or fixed effects on nonreplicated experiments for germplasm screening using spatial models

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1978-1984

  Sebolai, Boi ^a   Pedersen, J F ^b   Marx, D B ^b   Boykin, D L ^c  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 25444477304     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.0643     Document Type: Article

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