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This article considers the design of early generation variety trials with a prespecified spatial correlation structure and introduces a new class of partially replicated designs called p-rep designs in which the plots of standard varieties are replaced by additional plots of test lines. We show how efficient p-rep designs can be readily generated using the modified Reactive TABU search algorithm. The expected and realized genetic gain of p-rep and grid plot designs is compared in a simulation study.
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Cullis, B.R., Smith, A.B. & Coombes, N.E. On the design of early generation variety trials with correlated data. JABES 11, 381–393 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1198/108571106X154443
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