University of Missouri-Columbia
MU Bradford Research and Extension Center
Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Map
Driving directions
Portageville, Pemiscot County

Field Day
*Our next field day will be held September 2, 2008.

News

Research

People

Crop & Pest Information

Weather

Contact us
Director:
Jake Fisher
P. O. Box 160
Portageville, MO 63873
Phone: 573-379-5431
Fax: 573-379-5875
Email:FisherJ@missouri.edu

COTTON VARIETY PERFORMANCE TRIALS - 2000

COMPARING VARIETIES

The performance of a variety can not be measured with absolute precision. Uncontrollable variability influences the yield of each variety. One source of variability often found is the soil not being uniform throughout the test site (location). There are other factors that contribute to this variability. Some of the variables are uncontrollable due to economic and technical reasons. Statistical analysis is used to evaluate and make comparisons on what is being studied (yield), and at the same time measuring and evaluating the uncontrollable variables. Duncan's multiple range test was used to compare all variety yields to each other. Varieties that are followed by the same letter are not statistically different from one another at .05% level. This means if two yields are followed by different letters, then the higher yielding variety has a 95% chance of being superior to the lower yielding variety. A measurement of the uncontrollable variables is C.V. (Coefficient of Variation). As the C.V. increases, the amount of uncontrollable variables are increasing and influencing the test results.


The Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station is the research arm of the
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
at the University of Missouri-Columbia
Site maintained by people at AgEBB

agebb@missouri.edu