Seventy-two field trials were conducted by applying four defoliation
treatments (non defoliated control, 33%, 66%, and 100%) at different
growth stages (stage
) ranging from pre-flowering (1) to physiological
maturity (5) in four different locations of Navarra, Spain: Carcastillo (1),
Melida (2), Murillo (3), and Unciti (4). There are two response variables:
yield
in kg/ha of the sunflower and numseed
, the number of
seeds per sunflower head. Data are stored in the data frame
sunflower
. Data used in Case Study: Sunflower defoliation from
Chapter 11.