Crop Variety Trials
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Crop Variety Trials
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Variety trials are an essential step in crop breeding and production. These trials are a significant investment in time and resources and inform numerous decisions from cultivar development to end-use.
Variety trials are an essential step in crop breeding and production. These trials are a significant investment in time and resources and inform numerous decisions from cultivar development to end-use. Crop Variety Trials: Methods and Analysis is a practical volume that provides valuable theoretical foundations as well as a guide to step-by-step implementation of effective trial methods and analysis in determining the best varieties and cultivars.
Crop Variety Trials is divided into two sections. The first section provides the reader with a sound theoretical framework of variety evaluation and trial analysis. Chapters provide insights into the theories of quantitative genetics and principles of analyzing data. The second section of the book gives the reader a practical step-by-step guide to accurately analyzing crop variety trial data. Combined, these sections provide the reader with a fuller understanding of the nature of variety trials, their objectives, and user-friendly database and statistical tools that will enable them to produce accurate analysis of data.
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The book has been praised as a highly useful practical manual for managing and analysing multi-environment trial (MET) data. It effectively demonstrates the use of GGE biplot software developed by the author, supported by detailed examples. (Crop Science, 2014)
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781118688649
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 16 May 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 178.0mm
Height: 252.0mm
Weight: 853g
Pages: 360
About the Author
Weikai Yan is a Research Scientist and Oat Breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
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