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Calibration of Experiments on Perennial Crops using Covariance Analysis: the Case of Coconut

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Tilak Abeysinghe
Tilak Abeysinghe
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, R3T 2N2
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Summary

The calibrating efficiency of the pre-experimental yield of coconuts was examined using ten years data from a calibration experiment. On the basis of a fully randomized design it was found that the two-year pooled pre-experimental yield on four-tree plots produces consistent calibration and reduces the experimental error mean square by about 73%. This brings down the mean coefficient of variation to 9.7% from its pre-calibration levels of 36 on one-tree plots and 18 on four-tree plots.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 1986 , pp. 353 - 361
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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