gpbStat (version 0.4.4)

ltc: Analysis of Line x Tester data containing only Crosses laid out in RCBD or Alpha Lattice design.

Description

Analysis of Line x Tester data containing only Crosses laid out in RCBD or Alpha Lattice design.

Usage

ltc(data, replication, line, tester, y, block)

Value

Overall ANOVA

ANOVA with all the factors.

Coefficient of Variation

ANOVA with all the factors.

Genetic Variance

Phenotypic and Genotypic variance for the given trait.

Genetic Variability

Phenotypic coefficient of variability and Genotypic coefficient of variability and Environmental coefficient of Variation.

Proportional Contribution

Propotional contribution of Lines, Tester and Line x Tester interaction.

GCA lines

Combining ability effects of lines.

GCA testers

Combining ability effects of testers.

SCA crosses

Combining ability effects of crosses

Line x Tester ANOVA

ANOVA with all the factors.

GV Singh & Chaudhary

Genetic component of Variance as per Singh and Chaudhary, 1977.

Standard Errors

Standard error for combining ability effects.

Critical Difference

Critical Difference at 5 pecent for combining ability effects.

Arguments

data

dataframe containing following variables

replication

replication

line

line

tester

tester

y

trait of interest

block

block (for alpha lattice design only)

Author

Nandan Patil

Details

Analyzing the line by tester data only using the data from crosses which are evaluated in alpha lattice design. All the factors are considered as fixed.

References

Kempthorne, O. (1957), Introduction to Genetic Statistics. John Wiley and Sons, New York. , 468-472. Singh, R. K. and Chaudhary, B. D. (1977). Biometrical Methods in Quantitative Genetic Analysis. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.

See Also

ltcchk, dm2, ltcmt

Examples

if (FALSE) #Line Tester analysis data with only crosses in RCBD
library(gpbStat)
data(rcbdltc)
result1 = ltc(rcbdltc, replication, line, tester, yield)
result1

#Line Tester analysis data with only crosses in Alpha Lattice
library(gpbStat)
data(alphaltc)
result2 = ltc(alphaltc, replication, line, tester, yield, block)
result2