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Crop variety trials : data management and analysis / Weikai Yan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yan, Weikai, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plant varieties--Testing--Databases.
- Plant varieties.
- Crops--Testing--Databases.
- Crops.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Theoretical framework for crop variety trials
- An overview of variety trial data and analyses
- Introduction to biplot analysis
- Data centering for biplot analysis
- Data scaling and weighting for GGE biplot analysis
- Frequently asked questions about biplot analysis
- Single trial data analysis
- Genotype by location two-way data analysis
- Genotype by trait data analysis and decision making
- Trait association by environment two-way table analysis
- Location by trait two-way data analysis
- Mega-environment analysis based on multi-year data
- Test location evaluation based on multi-year data
- Genotype evaluation based on multi-year data
- Building and utilizing a relational database for crop variety trial data
- Experimental design for variety trials and breeding nurseries
- Modules and functions in GGEbiplot.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781118688564
- 1118688562
- 9781118688571
- 1118688570
- 9781118688557
- 1118688554
- OCLC:
- 874966897
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