ABSTRACT

In randomized complete block design, the blocks (replications) are formed across a fertility gradient to minimize the experimental error in one direction and to compare the treatments with increased precision. Some­ times the soil fertility and other variations occur in both directions. In such situations, the blocks (replications) may be formed in both directions. Such a design is called Latin square (LS) design. This design is expected to fur­ ther reduce the experimental error.