The design and analysis of variety trials using mixtures of composite and individual plot samples

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-455

  Smith, Alison B ^a   Thompson, Robin ^b   Butler, David G ^c   Cullis, Brian R ^d  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composite samples; Mixed models; Multi environment trials; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954608594     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2010.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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