rothamsted.brussels: RCB experiment of brussels sprouts, 9 fertilizer treatments

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RCB experiment of brussels sprouts, 9 fertilizer treatments

Description

RCB experiment of brussels sprouts, 9 fertilizer treatments

Format

A data frame with 48 observations on the following 5 variables.

row

row

col

column

yield

yield of saleable sprouts, pounds

trt

treatment, 9 levels

block

block, 4 levels

Details

The block numbers are arbitrary, and may not match the orignal source.

Plots were 10 yards x 14 yards. Plot orientation is not clear.

Source

Rothamsted Experimental Station Report 1934-36. Brussels sprouts: effect of sulphate of ammonia, poultry manure, soot and rape dust, pp. 191-192. Harpenden: Lawes Agricultural Trust.

References

McCullagh, P. and Clifford, D., (2006). Evidence for conformal invariance of crop yields, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Science, 462, 2119–2143. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2006.1667

Examples

## Not run: 
  
library(agridat)
data(rothamsted.brussels)
dat <- rothamsted.brussels

libs(lattice)
bwplot(yield~trt, dat, main="rothamsted.brussels")

  libs(desplot)
  desplot(dat, yield~col*row,
          num=trt, out1=block, cex=1, # aspect unknown
          main="rothamsted.brussels")


## End(Not run)

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