Abstract
A field study in two regions of Peru was conducted to determine how host-diversity effects on potato late blight varied geographically. Foliar disease severity was evaluated separately for the potato varieties in mixtures as well as in the single-variety plots. The TAUDPC (truncated area under the disease progress curve) and RMR (relative mixture response) for each site were analyzed separately using SAS mixed effects model procedures. While there was little difference between the sites in the 1997-1998 season, host-diversity effects were generally greater near Huancayo than near Cajamarca in the 1998-1999 season. Estimates of host-diversity effects from studies in Oregon and Ecuador were also compared with results for Peru. Host-diversity effects for reduced disease were generally greater for sites where we predicted lower levels of outside inoculum.
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Recommended Citation
Su, Z.; Garrett, K. A.; Zuniga, L. N.; Roncal, E.; Forbes, G. A.; Mundt, C. C.; and Nelson, R. J.
(2003).
"STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF MIXING POTATO VARIETIES ON LATE BLIGHT,"
Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2475-7772.1192
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF MIXING POTATO VARIETIES ON LATE BLIGHT
A field study in two regions of Peru was conducted to determine how host-diversity effects on potato late blight varied geographically. Foliar disease severity was evaluated separately for the potato varieties in mixtures as well as in the single-variety plots. The TAUDPC (truncated area under the disease progress curve) and RMR (relative mixture response) for each site were analyzed separately using SAS mixed effects model procedures. While there was little difference between the sites in the 1997-1998 season, host-diversity effects were generally greater near Huancayo than near Cajamarca in the 1998-1999 season. Estimates of host-diversity effects from studies in Oregon and Ecuador were also compared with results for Peru. Host-diversity effects for reduced disease were generally greater for sites where we predicted lower levels of outside inoculum.
