# Experimental Design MAC

Season 1 sorghum (April - July 2016) Season 2 sorghum (August - November 2016) Durum wheat (January 2017 -

## Season 1 soghum (April - July 2016)

[Three hundred thirty one lines were planted in Season 1](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QQaWc0UaQQKfEtnSO1G2za8tKU2huC0_VYMBqm5CKAo/edit#gid=796817704).

#### Planting maps

* [Under the scanner system](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QQaWc0UaQQKfEtnSO1G2za8tKU2huC0_VYMBqm5CKAo/edit#gid=1066629008)
* [West the scanner system](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QQaWc0UaQQKfEtnSO1G2za8tKU2huC0_VYMBqm5CKAo/edit#gid=193038411)

#### Planting Design

**Under scanner system**

| **Experiment**     | **Reps** | **Treatments**                                                                      | **Experimental design**                              |
| ------------------ | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| BAP                | 3        | 30 lines (12 PS, 12 sweet, 6 grain)                                                 | RCB with sorghum types nested in groups              |
| Night illumination | 3        | 5 illumination levels x 2 PS lines (with check line separating illumination levels) | RCB                                                  |
| Row #              | 3        | 6 adjacent plot scenarios: 3 lines (forage, sweet, PS) x 2 sides (east or west)     | RCB but not balanced with all treatments in all reps |
| Biomass            | 3        | 5 sampling times x 3 lines (forage, sweet, PS)                                      | RCB with sampling time as a repeated measure         |
| Density            | 3        | 3 densities (5, 15, 30 cm) x 3 lines (forage, sweet, PS)                            | RCB                                                  |
| RILs               | 3        | 130 RILs plus 10 repeats of a single line/rep                                       | Incomplete Block (row-column alpha lattice design)   |
| Uniformity         | 17       | 2 lines (forage, PS)                                                                | None - Same line planted in single range             |

**West of scanner system**

| **Experiment** | **Reps** | **Treatments**                      | **Experimental design**                            |
| -------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| BAP            | 1        | 30 lines (12 PS, 12 sweet, 6 grain) | None - single rep planted for observation          |
| RILs           | 3        | 60 RILs                             | Incomplete Block (row-column alpha lattice design) |

### Automated Phenotpying

The [Lemnatec Scanalyzer Field Gantry System](http://www.lemnatec.com/products/hardware-solutions/scanalyzer-field/) is the largest field crop analytics robot in the world. This high-throughput phenotyping field-scanning robot has a 30-ton steel gantry that autonomously moves along two 200-meter steel rails while continuously imaging the crops growing below it with a diverse array of [cameras and sensors](http://terraref.org/articles/lemnatec-scanalyzer-field-sensors/).

Twelve sensors are attached to the gantry system. Detailed information for each sensor including name, variable measured, and field of view are [available here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nfabx_n1rNlO6NW3olD8MAibJ3KHnOMmMwOYYw4wwGc/pubhtml?gid=1886254108\&single=true\&widget=true\&headers=false). The planned sensor missions and their objectives for 2016 are [available here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nfabx_n1rNlO6NW3olD8MAibJ3KHnOMmMwOYYw4wwGc/pubhtml?gid=2092320800\&single=true\&widget=true\&headers=false).

### Manually Collected Field Data

emergence vigor emergence final stand counts plant heights node and tiller counts on marked plants phenology growth stage data leaf desiccation ratings radiation interception managements Incomplete harvest yield data

## Season 2 soghum (August - November 2016)

[One hundred and seventy-six lines were planted in Season 2](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/107aijRIvO5i-HHwVDQTXn0-9sE02cXO_MdZk3DERzQ0/edit?usp=sharing).

#### Planting map

[Under the scanner system](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/107aijRIvO5i-HHwVDQTXn0-9sE02cXO_MdZk3DERzQ0/edit#gid=430934319)

#### Planting Design

Under scanner system - same as season 1

### Automated Phenotpying

same as season 1

### Manually Collected Field Data

plant heights managements emergence vigor emergence final stand counts node and tiller counts on marked plants leaf length and width on marked plants, one date

## Durum wheat

#### [Experimental design](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15hLUFquat4T-8-ejBKTHRYGgGO1LL3w6UwMQ6jxHA8E/edit#gid=1274912251)

#### [Automatically and manually collected field data plan](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15hLUFquat4T-8-ejBKTHRYGgGO1LL3w6UwMQ6jxHA8E/edit#gid=623178992)


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