Efficient semi-Latin rectangles: designs for plant disease experiments

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Abstract

Experiments on disease in plants often use half-leaves as experimental units. The whole leaves are typically in the rectangular array formed by h leaf-heights (rows) and p plants (columns), where h < p. We specialize to the case where h=n and p=2n and there are 2n treatments. If each treatment occurs once per column and twice per row, we call such a design a semi-Latin rectangle. Efficient semi-Latin rectangles of such sizes are constructed for 2 \leq n \leq 10. Guidance is given on their use.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)257-270
Number of pages14
JournalScandinavian Journal of Statistics
Volume28
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 2001

Keywords

  • blocking in two directions
  • half-leaves
  • optimal design
  • plant disease experiment
  • semi-Latin rectangle

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