Variance-balanced row–column designs involving diallel crosses incorporating specific combining abilities for comparing test lines with a control line |
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| Authors: | Eldho Varghese Cini Varghese |
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| Institution: | Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, the problem of comparing t test lines with a control line under a row–column setup in complete diallel cross experiment is investigated when specific combining ability (sca) effect is included in the model. Three classes of Mating-Environmental Row–Column (MERC) designs have been obtained which are variance balanced for estimating the contrasts pertaining to general combining ability (gca) effects free from sca effects. |
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| Keywords: | Diallel cross General combining ability effect MERC design Row–column design Specific combining ability effect Test versus control comparison |
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