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Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Research in Weed Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

William W. Donald  and
Paul H. Schwartz
William W. Donald
Affiliation:
Cropping Systems and Water Quality Res. Unit., Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., 244 Agric. Engr., Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Paul H. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Pesticide Research Staff Bldg. 1072, BARC-E, Beltsville, MD 20705
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Abstract

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) were developed for repetitive field research tasks to help ensure that instructions were complete and to provide consistency and continuity in the senior author's field research program. SOPs are explicit step-by-step instructions for carrying out experimental tasks that are components of experimental plans. SOPs are not the same as protocols for unique, new experimental plans. However, protocols may incorporate sequences of SOPs, if desired. SOPs are most useful for new workers and when research tasks need to be repeated infrequently in time (e.g., once every 6 mo or less per year). SOPs may help researchers enhance data accuracy, precision, and reproducibility as part of their own statistical quality control procedures. The authors' field-tested SOPs are available on diskette for critical review, modification, and use by interested weed scientists.

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Methodsquality control
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Weed Technology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 397 - 401
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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