Row-column experiment of wheat
Row-column experiment of wheat, 35 genotypes, 2 reps.
A data frame with 68 observations on the following 5 variables.
rep
replicate factor, 2 levels
row
row
col
column
gen
genotype factor, 35 levels
yield
yield
Included to illustrate REML analysis of a row-column design.
R A Kempton and P N Fox, Statistical Methods for Plant Variety Evaluation, Chapman and Hall, 1997.
## Not run: library(agridat) data(kempton.rowcol) dat <- kempton.rowcol dat <- transform(dat, rowf=factor(row), colf=factor(col)) libs(desplot) desplot(dat, yield~col*row|rep, num=gen, out1=rep, # unknown aspect main="kempton.rowcol") # Model with rep, row, col as random. Kempton, page 62. # Use "-1" so that the vcov matrix doesn't include intercept libs(lme4) m1 <- lmer(yield ~ -1 + gen + rep + (1|rep:rowf) + (1|rep:colf), data=dat) # Variance components match Kempton. print(m1, corr=FALSE) # Standard error of difference for genotypes. Kempton page 62, bottom. covs <- as.matrix(vcov(m1)[1:35, 1:35]) vars <- diag(covs) vdiff <- outer(vars, vars, "+") - 2 * covs sed <- sqrt(vdiff[upper.tri(vdiff)]) min(sed) # Minimum SED mean(sed) # Average SED max(sed) # Maximum SED ## End(Not run)
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