Analysis of ratio-based responses

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-13

  Righetti, Timothy L ^a   Sandrock, David R ^a   Strik, Bernadine ^a   Vasconcelos, Carmo ^a   Moreno, Yerko ^b   Ortega Farias, Samuel ^b   Bañados, Pilar ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Intercept corrections; Ratio based efficiency; Regression models; Slope based efficiency

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 33847309889     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.1.3     Document Type: Article

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