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In this chapter we examine the important ideas used in designing field plot trials to compare genotypes. The plots used for such a trial will be relatively small, including usually several rows of the crop, though sometimes a single row or even a single plant may be used as the plot. The number of genotypes may be between ten and several hundred. In many trials two, identically managed, replicates will be sufficient; at other times three or four such replicates may be appropriate. In later stages of the selection programme, there may be two replicates at each of several sites, or additional replicates under different management systems at a single site.
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Mead, R. (1997). Design of plant breeding trials. In: Kempton, R.A., Fox, P.N., Cerezo, M. (eds) Statistical Methods for Plant Variety Evaluation. Plant Breeding Series 3 Statistical Methods for Plant Variety Evaluation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1503-9_4
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