A comparison of analysis methods for late-stage variety evaluation triaLS

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-149

  Welham, Sue J ^a   Gogel, Beverley J ^b   Smith, Alison B ^c   Thompson, Robin ^d   Cullis, Brian R ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased predictor; Heritability; Mixed models; Residual maximum likelihood; Variety evaluation trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954124147     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: 1467842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2010.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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