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Record Nr.

UNINA9910132235903321

Autore

Yan Weikai

Titolo

Crop variety trials : data management and analysis / / Weikai Yan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-68856-2

1-118-68857-0

1-118-68855-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Disciplina

631.5/2

Soggetti

Plant varieties - Testing

Crops - Testing - Databases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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