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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 257-270 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Statistics |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- blocking in two directions
- half-leaves
- optimal design
- plant disease experiment
- semi-Latin rectangle