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your choice of name and very briefly explain your
choice.
(3) Briefly outline the major reason for including
multiple location evaluation trials in a plant
breeding programme. List four problems that may
be encountered in organizing and carrying out
'off-station' trials.
(4) What is the main purpose of conducting field
plot research in a plant breeding programme?
The primary field research station used by the
University of Idaho is to be sold for housing devel-
opment. To replace this research facility, the College
of Agriculture has purchased a farm near Genesee
called the Allroks Farm. Neither you, nor anyone
else, has ever grown research plots on this previously
commercial farm. List four factors that you would
look for to identify an area to plant your breeding
plots.
(5) Identify one aspect of a plant breeding-selection
scheme where unreplicated designs (UR), ran-
domized
split-plot (SP) designs could be the appropriate
experimental design of choice.
(6) You have been employed as Senior Breeder at the
Hass Bean Breeding Co.
for several years and have
had to carry out your breeding operation with very
few funds. Due to a recent takeover of the company
by the
Human Bean Seed Association
, you have been
given a vast sum of money from the takeover. You
have decided to use this money to upgrade the com-
puter facilities used by your breeding group. To
achieve this goal you have appointed a computer
programmer to develop a computer plant breeding
management. List the five main features that you
would request from the computer package to per-
form and help increase the efficiency of breeding
future new cultivars.
(7) List four operations carried out in a plant breed-
ing programme that might best be conducted
in a greenhouse. Briefly describe one prob-
lem of using a greenhouse in a plant breeding
programme.
complete
block
designs
(RCB)
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