Abstract
A joint model for plot yield in response to fertility trends and interplot competition is described. The model combines the mixed model representation of a cubic smoothing spline to model fertility and a regression model with auto-regressive terms to model competition. Estimation is based on a generalization of residual maximum likelihood. The methods were applied to a series of 70 sugar beet trials conducted by the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, UK, and the results summarized.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 129-140 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Agricultural Science |
| Volume | 136 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2001 |