Evaluation of Global and Local Indicator of Spatial Autocorrelations of Kenaf in Experimental Plots in South Western Nigeria

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2010
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A study was conducted to assess spatial variations in experimental plots through the global and local indicator of spatial autocorrelation of kenaf. Field data obtained from experiment conducted at both Ilora and Ikenne outstations of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Ibadan, Nigeria in 2006 were used to investigate spatial variability in experimental plots. The descriptive statistics showed that sample mean (μ) from different tessellated plots of the experimental sites were biased estimators which might have been probably caused by spatial variations in the experimental sites. Also, the global Moran I and Moran I scatter plots showed that these can be used as a measure of variation between the plots. Generally, the selected spatial autocorrelation indicators were found to be consistent with some other spatial statistical analytical tools.
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Hibiscus cannabinus, Experiments, Spatial autocorrelation indicator
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