Smith, Alison B.

Research Areas

0104 - STATISTICS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2018	Comparison of a one- and two-stage mixed model analysis of Australia’s National Variety Trial Southern Region wheat data Published In Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding Volume 214 Pages 44-1 - 44-21 ISSN 0014-2336 Altmetric
2018	Plant breeding selection tools built on factor analytic mixed models for multi-environment trial data Published In Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding Volume 214 Pages 143-1 - 143-19 ISSN 0014-2336 Altmetric
2017	A new REML (parameter expanded) EM algorithm for linear mixed models Published In Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics Volume Online First Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 1369-1473 Altmetric
2015	Factor analytic mixed models for the provision of grower information from national crop variety testing programs Published In Theoretical and Applied Genetics: international journal of plant breeding research Volume 128 Pages 55 - 72 ISSN 0040-5752 Altmetric
2015	Multi-phase variety trials using both composite and individual replicate samples: a model-based design approach Published In Journal of Agricultural Science Volume 153 Pages 1017 - 1029 ISSN 1916-9752 Altmetric
2014	Factor analytic and reduced animal models for the investigation of additive genotype-by-environment interaction in outcrossing plant species with application to a Pinus radiata breeding programme Published In Theoretical and Applied Genetics: international journal of plant breeding research Volume 127 Pages 2193 - 2210 ISSN 0040-5752 Altmetric
2014	GrainScan: a low cost, fast method for grain size and colour measurements Published In Plant Methods Volume 10 Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 1746-4811 Altmetric
2014	On the design of field experiments with correlated treatment effects Published In Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics Volume 19 Pages 541 - 557 ISSN 1085-7117 Altmetric
2014	Quantitative trait loci for thermal time to flowering and photoperiod responsiveness discovered in summer annual-type Brassica napus L Published In PLoS One Volume 9 Pages e102611-1 - e102611-11 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2013	A bivariate mixed model approach for the analysis of plant survival data Published In Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding Volume 190 Pages 371 - 383 ISSN 0014-2336 Altmetric
2013	Predicting additive and non-additive genetic effects from trials where traits are affected by interplot competition Published In Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics Volume 18 Pages 53 - 63 ISSN 1085-7117 Altmetric
2013	Quantitative trait loci for agronomic and physiological traits for a bread wheat population grown in environments with a range of salinity levels Published In Molecular Breeding: new strategies in plant improvement Volume 32 Pages 39 - 59 ISSN 1380-3743 Altmetric
2012	Application of multi-phase experiments in plant pathology to identify genetic resistance to Diaporthe toxica in Lupinus albus Published In Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding Volume 186 Pages 655 - 669 ISSN 0014-2336 Altmetric
2011	The design and analysis of variety trials using mixtures of composite and individual plot samples Published In Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C: Applied Statistics Volume 60 Pages 437 - 455 ISSN 0035-9254 Altmetric
2010	A comparison of analysis methods for late-stage variety evaluation trials Published In Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics Volume 52 Pages 125 - 149 ISSN 1369-1473 Altmetric
2010	Analysis of yield and oil from a series of canola breeding trials. Part I. Fitting factor analytic mixed models with pedigree information Published In Genome Volume 53 Pages 992 - 1001 ISSN 0831-2796 Altmetric
2010	Analysis of yield and oil from a series of canola breeding trials. Part II. Exploring variety by environment interaction using factor analysis Published In Genome Volume 53 Pages 1002 - 1016 ISSN 0831-2796 Altmetric
2010	Evaluation of chicory cultivars and accessions for forage in south-eastern Australia Published In Crop and Pasture Science Volume 61 Pages 554 - 565 ISSN 1836-0947 Altmetric
2009	Enhanced diagnostics for the spatial analysis of field trials Published In Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics Volume 14 Pages 392 - 410 ISSN 1085-7117 Altmetric
2008	Comparison of small-scale and large-scale mixing characteristics: Correlations between small-scale and large-scale mixing and extensional characteristics of wheat flour dough Published In Journal of Cereal Science Volume 47 Pages 90 - 100 ISSN 0733-5210 Altmetric
2008	Evaluation of perennial pasture legumes and herbs to identify species with high herbage production and persistence in mixed farming zones in southern Australia Published In Animal Production Science Volume 48 Pages 449 - 466 ISSN 1836-5787 Altmetric
2007	The accuracy of varietal selection using factor analytic models for multi-environment plant breeding trials Published In Crop Science: a journal serving the international community of crop scientists Volume 47 Pages 1063 - 1070 ISSN 0011-183X Altmetric
2007	Varietal selection for perennial crops where data relate to multiple harvests from a series of field trials Published In Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding Volume 157 Pages 253 - 266 ISSN 0014-2336 Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2012	Spatial analysis of agricultural field experiments Published In Design and analysis of experiments: special designs and applications, Volume 3 Publisher Hoboken, N.J: Wiley-Interscience Pages 109 - 136 ISBN 9780470530689 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2009	Embedded partially replicated designs for grain quality testing Published In XIV meeting of the Biometrics in Plant Breeding Section: Book of Abstracts Pages 27 - 27

Investigator On

Year	Title
2013 - 2016	Genomic Selection: A New Frontier For Higher Rates of Genetic Grain In Wheat Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
	Statistics for the Australian Grains Industry Awarded by: Grains Research and Development Corporation Funding Scheme: Improving Crop Yields

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Improving the accuracy of estimated breeding values in outcrossing plant species	Lisle, Christopher

Research Areas

0104 - STATISTICS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2018	Comparison of a one- and two-stage mixed model analysis of Australia’s National Variety Trial Southern Region wheat data Published In Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding Volume 214 Pages 44-1 - 44-21 ISSN 0014-2336 Altmetric
2018	Plant breeding selection tools built on factor analytic mixed models for multi-environment trial data Published In Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding Volume 214 Pages 143-1 - 143-19 ISSN 0014-2336 Altmetric
2017	A new REML (parameter expanded) EM algorithm for linear mixed models Published In Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics Volume Online First Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 1369-1473 Altmetric
2015	Factor analytic mixed models for the provision of grower information from national crop variety testing programs Published In Theoretical and Applied Genetics: international journal of plant breeding research Volume 128 Pages 55 - 72 ISSN 0040-5752 Altmetric
2015	Multi-phase variety trials using both composite and individual replicate samples: a model-based design approach Published In Journal of Agricultural Science Volume 153 Pages 1017 - 1029 ISSN 1916-9752 Altmetric
2014	Factor analytic and reduced animal models for the investigation of additive genotype-by-environment interaction in outcrossing plant species with application to a Pinus radiata breeding programme Published In Theoretical and Applied Genetics: international journal of plant breeding research Volume 127 Pages 2193 - 2210 ISSN 0040-5752 Altmetric
2014	GrainScan: a low cost, fast method for grain size and colour measurements Published In Plant Methods Volume 10 Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 1746-4811 Altmetric
2014	On the design of field experiments with correlated treatment effects Published In Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics Volume 19 Pages 541 - 557 ISSN 1085-7117 Altmetric
2014	Quantitative trait loci for thermal time to flowering and photoperiod responsiveness discovered in summer annual-type Brassica napus L Published In PLoS One Volume 9 Pages e102611-1 - e102611-11 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2013	A bivariate mixed model approach for the analysis of plant survival data Published In Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding Volume 190 Pages 371 - 383 ISSN 0014-2336 Altmetric
2013	Predicting additive and non-additive genetic effects from trials where traits are affected by interplot competition Published In Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics Volume 18 Pages 53 - 63 ISSN 1085-7117 Altmetric
2013	Quantitative trait loci for agronomic and physiological traits for a bread wheat population grown in environments with a range of salinity levels Published In Molecular Breeding: new strategies in plant improvement Volume 32 Pages 39 - 59 ISSN 1380-3743 Altmetric
2012	Application of multi-phase experiments in plant pathology to identify genetic resistance to Diaporthe toxica in Lupinus albus Published In Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding Volume 186 Pages 655 - 669 ISSN 0014-2336 Altmetric
2011	The design and analysis of variety trials using mixtures of composite and individual plot samples Published In Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C: Applied Statistics Volume 60 Pages 437 - 455 ISSN 0035-9254 Altmetric
2010	A comparison of analysis methods for late-stage variety evaluation trials Published In Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics Volume 52 Pages 125 - 149 ISSN 1369-1473 Altmetric
2010	Analysis of yield and oil from a series of canola breeding trials. Part I. Fitting factor analytic mixed models with pedigree information Published In Genome Volume 53 Pages 992 - 1001 ISSN 0831-2796 Altmetric
2010	Analysis of yield and oil from a series of canola breeding trials. Part II. Exploring variety by environment interaction using factor analysis Published In Genome Volume 53 Pages 1002 - 1016 ISSN 0831-2796 Altmetric
2010	Evaluation of chicory cultivars and accessions for forage in south-eastern Australia Published In Crop and Pasture Science Volume 61 Pages 554 - 565 ISSN 1836-0947 Altmetric
2009	Enhanced diagnostics for the spatial analysis of field trials Published In Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics Volume 14 Pages 392 - 410 ISSN 1085-7117 Altmetric
2008	Comparison of small-scale and large-scale mixing characteristics: Correlations between small-scale and large-scale mixing and extensional characteristics of wheat flour dough Published In Journal of Cereal Science Volume 47 Pages 90 - 100 ISSN 0733-5210 Altmetric
2008	Evaluation of perennial pasture legumes and herbs to identify species with high herbage production and persistence in mixed farming zones in southern Australia Published In Animal Production Science Volume 48 Pages 449 - 466 ISSN 1836-5787 Altmetric
2007	The accuracy of varietal selection using factor analytic models for multi-environment plant breeding trials Published In Crop Science: a journal serving the international community of crop scientists Volume 47 Pages 1063 - 1070 ISSN 0011-183X Altmetric
2007	Varietal selection for perennial crops where data relate to multiple harvests from a series of field trials Published In Euphytica: international journal on plant breeding Volume 157 Pages 253 - 266 ISSN 0014-2336 Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2012	Spatial analysis of agricultural field experiments Published In Design and analysis of experiments: special designs and applications, Volume 3 Publisher Hoboken, N.J: Wiley-Interscience Pages 109 - 136 ISBN 9780470530689 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2009	Embedded partially replicated designs for grain quality testing Published In XIV meeting of the Biometrics in Plant Breeding Section: Book of Abstracts Pages 27 - 27

Investigator On

Year	Title
2013 - 2016	Genomic Selection: A New Frontier For Higher Rates of Genetic Grain In Wheat Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
	Statistics for the Australian Grains Industry Awarded by: Grains Research and Development Corporation Funding Scheme: Improving Crop Yields

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Improving the accuracy of estimated breeding values in outcrossing plant species	Lisle, Christopher

Smith, Alison B. Dr

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