Designing experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of precision agricultural practices on research fields: Part 1 concepts for their formulation

Operational Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-348

  Milliken, George ^a   Willers, Jeffrey ^b   McCarter, Kevin ^c   Jenkins, Johnie ^b  

^a Milliken and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of covariance; Embedded field trial; Geographic Information Systems; Mixed models; On farm research; Precision agriculture; Site specific agriculture; Strip plot

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956689163     PISSN: 11092858     EISSN: 18661505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12351-009-0072-4     Document Type: Article

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