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*Our next field day will be held September 2, 2008.
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Director:
Jake Fisher
P. O. Box 160
Portageville, MO 63873
Phone: 573-379-5431
Fax: 573-379-5875
Email:FisherJ@missouri.edu
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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.
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