%A B Gilliver %A M J V Rao %A P Venkateswarlu %I Cambridge University Press %V 21 %L icrisat3419 %J Experimental Agriculture %P 233-240 %D 1985 %T A Design and Methods of Analysis to Monitor Crop Growth Conditions Illustrated with Sorghum Screening Trails for Resistance to Striga %X Checker-board field layouts are used to screen sorghum genotypes for resistance to Striga. A systematic check entry is used to monitor crop growth conditions and methods to analyse the results are assessed.