[R] The 'REP' term in AMMI{agricolae}

[CG Pettersson]

Dear all,

W2k, R 2.5.1

I am trying out the AMMI function in the agricolae package, to analyse the
dependence of environment for a certain cultivar. The function responds to
four basic variables:

ENV Environment
GEN Genotype
REP Replication
Y Response

My question concerns the 'REP' term. When I normally do an analysis of
variance, the replication would refer to repeated observations within the
each field trial. In the case I am analysing right now, I have five years
of observations for each 'ENV', in such a case it feels natural to use
year as the most important replication of the environment- especially as I
am interested in long term trends. This approach also seems to work
allright.

But the field trials are also structured in three main blocks, subdivided
into five 'lattice' blocks, a structure that is powerful in the analysis
of variance. (I use a random call in lme{nlme}).

Is it possible to use the block structure also in the AMMI analysis? If
that is possible, how should I code? I have tried to find out in the
documentation, but if it is stated there I do not understand it.

Thank you
/CG

-- 
CG Pettersson, PhD
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Dept. of Crop Production Ecology. Box 7043.
SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
cg.pettersson at vpe.slu.se