Design and Analysis of Breeding Trials
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The course is designed to acquaint plant breeders with the different designs used in breeding trials, analysis of single and multi-environment trials, and the use of biplots in explaining GxE. It also introduces PBTools, a user-friendly software
that uses GUI created in Java and functions developed in R to assist plant breeders in the design and analysis of data. It employs a combination of lecture, group exercises, and hands-on exercises using PBTools.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
- Describe the three essential components of an experimental design and explain the importance of each component.
- Identify the advantages and disadvantages of using the different experimental designs used in variety trials.
- Generate randomization and electronic field book using PBTools.
- Demonstrate how to analyze single and multi-environment trials using PBTools. Introduce the use of biplots in multi-environment trials
Schedules
May 09, 2017 - May 12, 2017
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| No. of Days: | 4 |
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