narain.sorghum.uniformity: Uniformity trial of sorghum

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Uniformity trial of sorghum

Description

Uniformity trial of sorghum in Pakistan, 1936.

Usage

data("narain.sorghum.uniformity")

Format

A data frame with 160 observations on the following 3 variables.

row

row

col

column

yield

yield, maunds per 1/40 acre

Details

A uniformity trial with chari (sorghum) at Rawalpindi Agricultural Station (Pakistan) in kharif (monsoon season) in 1936. Each plot was 36 feet by 30.25 feet. The source document does not describe the orientation of the plots, but the fertility map shown in Narain figure 1 shows the plots are taller than wide.

Field width: 10 plots * 30.25 feet

Field length: 16 plots * 36 feet

Source

R. Narain and A. Singh, (1940). A Note on the Shape of Blocks in Field Experiments. Ind. J. Agr. Sci., 10, 844-853. Page 845. https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.271745

References

None

Examples

## Not run: 

library(agridat)

  data(narain.sorghum.uniformity)
  dat <- narain.sorghum.uniformity
  
  # Narain figure 1
  libs(desplot)
  desplot(dat, yield ~ col*row,
          flip=TRUE, aspect=(16*36)/(10*30.25),
          main="narain.sorghum.uniformity")
  

## End(Not run)

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