Research Article

Fully and Partially Replicated Experimental Designs for Evaluating Intravarietal Variability in Grapevine

Table 1

Description of the fully replicated design (resolvable row-column design, RCD) adopted for the field trials of six grapevine varieties and the partially replicated design (PRD) adopted for the field trial of Bastardo variety.

VarietyYear of graftingExperimental designData

Antão Vaz (AN)2013RCD, ,  = 11,  = 10,  = 6Yield from 1 year (2019)
3 plants per plot

Arinto (AR)2013RCD, ,  = 11,  = 15,  = 6Yield from 3 years (2019, 2020, 2021)
3 plants per plot

Gouveio (GV)2016RCD, ,  = 14,  = 11,  = 5Yield from 2 years (2019, 2020)
3 plants per plot

Rufete (RU)2016RCD, ,  = 11,  = 22,  = 6Yield from 1 year (2020)
3 plants per plot

Tinta Caiada (CA)2013RCD, ,  = 11,  = 20,  = 6Yield from 2 years (2020, 2019)
3 plants per plot

Bastardo (BT)2013RCD, ,  = 17,  = 22,  = 4Yield from 4 years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
3 plants per plot
341 genotypes: 77 check and 264 test
For check genotypes, design:  = 11,  = 11,  = 6, 3 plants per plot

, number of genotypes; , number of rows; , number of columns; , number of replicates, plot, experimental unit) and the partially replicated designs adopted for the field trial of Bastardo variety. All field trials are located at Experimental Centre for the Conservation of Grapevine Diversity (Pegões, Portugal).