Analysis of covariance in agronomy and crop research

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 621-641

  Yang, Rong Cai ^a   Juskiw, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis of covariance; Dosage response; Mixed models; Nearest neighbour analysis; Orthogonal polynomials; Spatial variability; Stability analysis; Statistical control of errors

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH METHOD; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960412077     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: 19181833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjps2010-032     Document Type: Article

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