Open AccessCONTROL OF VARIATION WITHIN PLOTS IN WINTER SURVIVAL TRIALS OF WHEAT AND RYE
Author(s) -
M. N. Grant
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
canadian journal of plant science/canadian journal of plant science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.338
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1918-1833
pISSN - 0008-4220
DOI - 10.4141/cjps64-030
Subject(s) - winter wheat , seeder , agronomy , variation (astronomy) , biology , mathematics , seeding , physics , astrophysics
Variations in survival of winter wheat and winter rye were controlled among rows within plots by applying the principle of uniform packing through use of the Smith–Bergen Plotmaster seeder. Thus a source of serious bias in varietal comparisons for winterhardiness was largely eliminated.