Abstract:
For field experiments with brinjal, taking the efficiency of the smallest
plot as unity, RE values of various plots were computed. The efficiency was the
highest for the smallest plot.
There is a genera! decrease of block efficiency with increasing block
size. More compact block of the same size shows higher efficiency. Blocks of
identical size and shape, but consisting of long plots also show a some what higher
efficiency than bloks with short plots of the same size. Arrangement of plots in
more than one row decreased block efficiency and the effect is more pronounced
with long plots.
The number of replication required for a given level of accuracy decreased
with an increase in plot size and increasing the number of replication rather than
plot size was found more advantageous for a fixed experimental area.
