Consideration of nonparametric approaches for assessing genotype-by-environment (G x E) interaction with disease severity data

Plant Disease

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 891-900

  Madden, L V ^a   Paul, P A ^a   Lipps, P E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercospora zea maydis; Coefficient of discordance; Nassar H hn rank variance statistic; Rank variance homogeneity

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PATHOGENS;

CERCOSPORA ZEA-MAYDIS; COEFFICIENT OF DISCORDANCE; NASSAR-HUHN RANK VARIANCE STATISTIC; RANK-VARIANCE HOMOGENEITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DISEASES; GENOTYPES; PATHOGENS; PLANTS;

CERCOSPORA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34250826987     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-91-7-0891     Document Type: Article

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