| bradford {seedr} | R Documentation |
Fits Bradford's hydrotime model
Description
bradford fits a hydrotime seed germination model using the method of
Bradford (Gummerson 1986, Bradford 1990, Bewley et al. 2013). This function
can be used only with one-group dataset, i.e. one seed lot of one species. To
fit models to grouped datasets (multi-seedlots, multi-species) use the
function physiotime instead.
Usage
bradford(d)
Arguments
d |
a data.table within a "physiodata" object, containing the cumulative germination proportion at each scoring time and water potential treatment. |
Value
bradford returns a S3 object of class "bradford" with the
results of fitting the hydrotime model. The generic functions
summary and plot are used to obtain and visualize the model
results.
References
Bewley, J. D., Bradford, K. J., Hilhorst, H. W., & Nonogaki, H. (2013). Hydrotime Model of Germination. In Seeds: Physiology of Development, Germination and Dormancy, 3rd Edition (pp. 303-307). Springer, New York, NY.
Bradford, K. J. (1990). A water relations analysis of seed germination rates. Plant Physiology, 94(2), 840-849.
Gummerson, R. J. (1986). The effect of constant temperatures and osmotic potentials on the germination of sugar beet. Journal of Experimental Botany, 37(6), 729-741.
Examples
# format dataset with physiodata
anisantha <- physiodata(subset(grasses, species == "Anisantha rubens"), x = "psi")
# bradford() uses the $proportions element within the physiodata object
b <- bradford(anisantha$proportions)
b # prints the main hydrotime variables
summary(b) # returns the main hydrotime variables as a data.table
plot(b) # plots the fitted model