Techniques for Field Experiment With Rice
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Contents | Page
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| Fore word | iv
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| FIELD TECHNIQUE
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| Plot size, shape, and orientation | 2
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| Number of replications | 4
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| Experimental design | 6
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| Blocking | 9
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| Randomization | 11
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| Soil heterogeneity | 13
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| Border effect | 16
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| Missing hills | 19
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| Replanting dead hills | 21
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| Residual effect of fertilizer | 22
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| Residual effect of unplanted alleys | 23
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| Number of seedlings per hill | 24
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| Off-types | 25
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| Pest and disease damage | 26
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| Minor sources of variation | 27
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| COLLECTION OF DATA
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| Plot sampling | 30
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| Measuring grain yields | 32
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| Measuring plant height and tiller number | 33
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| Measuring yield components | 35
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| Measuring leaf area index | 37
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| Measuring stem borer incidence | 39
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| Sampling in broadcast rice | 40
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| Sampling for protein determination | 41
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| References | 42
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Appendix Table 1. Random numbers
Appendix Table 2. Correction factors for adjusting grain weight to 14% moisture | 44
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