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A Graphical Assessment of Data from Intercropping Factorial Experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

B. Gilliver
Affiliation:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru PO 502 324, AP, India
S. C. Pearce
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of Kent at Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF, England

Summary

A graphical method, based on bivariate analysis, is used to present yield data from intercropping experiments involving two crop species. The method is used to demonstrate two- and three-factor interactions in factorial experiments.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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