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riceMV – Rice bloodworms (multivariate form)

Description

riceMV is an investigation of the tolerance of rice varieties to attack by the larvae of bloodworms.

Usage

riceMV

To load the file into ASReml-R and view the contents use the commands:

library(asreml)
data(package="asreml")
data("riceMV")
View(riceMV)
Format
A data frame with 7 columns and 132 rows:
Pair A factor with 132 levels
Run A factor with 66 levels
Variety A factor with 44 levels
yc Root weight for the control treatment
ye Root weight for the exposed treatment
syc The square root of yc
sye The square root of ye
Details

Multivariate form of rice with root weight in two variates corresponding to the levels of the applied treatment (control or exposed to bloodworms).

References

Stevens MM, Fox KM, Warren GN, Cullis BR, Coombes NE and Lewin LG (1999). “An Image Analysis Technique for Assessing Resistance in Rice Cultivars to Root-feeding Chironomid Midge Larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae).” Field Crops Research, 66, pp. 25-26.

See Also

rice

Updated on June 22, 2021

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