Past and Present Issues in the Design of Variety Trials IAMFE, Denmark 2008 Johannes Forkman Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Outline Breeding Trials Interference and Competition Spatial Design
Breeding Trials Large number of entries Objective: Selection The entries could be modeled as random Correlated by pedigree
Multiple Lattice Design Replicate I Replicate II 5 14 17 4 13 6 C1 2 3 9 C4 8 20 18 C5 10 7 C3 19 16 C2 11 15 12 1
Multiple Lattice Design Replicate I Replicate II C3 29 C2 26 21 24 C1 32 C4 38 23 C5 37 22 35 27 30 34 40 31 28 25 33 39 36
Alpha Design A family of resolvable incomplete block designs introduced by Patterson and Williams (1976) Requires less plots than multiple lattice designs More efficient than multiple lattice designs (Piepho, Büchse and Truberg, 2006)
Related entries Split-plot design with related entries on whole plots? Maximize the number of groups per whole plot? Alpha design?
Related entries Alpha Design More correct ranking of the entries
Interference and Competition
Interference Groups Short varieties: A, B 2. Medium sized varieties: C, D, E, F, G 3. Tall varieties: H, I
A C D E H I F G B 1 2 3 Initial design Circular permutation Reversion Randomization within groups
Interference Groups David and Kempton (1996) Similar varieties are kept together Weakly valid randomization Strong validity requires use of subblocks
Covariance Analysis
Covariance Analysis Use average difference in height as a covariate Guard plots at the ends of the blocks
Covariance Analysis 65 spring wheat trials: 4% per decimeter 5 triticale trials: 2% per decimeter 17 barley trials: 3.5% per decimeter
Neighbour-Balanced Design II III IV
Inter-Block Randomization II III IV
Neighbour-Balanced Design II III IV
Circular Permutation I A B C D E II III IV
Neighbour-Balanced Design II III IV
Border Plots I B C D E A II III IV
Neighbour-Balanced Design Strongly valid randomization
Partially Neighbour-Balanced Design J H L D C E B F K A II III
Spatial Design Classical analysis Spatial analysis I II III I II III
Spatial Design Blocks, rows and columns are not needed?
Spatial Design Blocks reduce the variance Restrictions should be taken into account in the analysis Restricted randomization within blocks
2-Latinized Row-Column Design IV III II I
Spatial Design Design Analysis
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