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		Partially Replicated Test-Control Designs for Early Generation
		Varietal Trials // Provides functions for generating partially
		replicated (p-rep) test-control designs for early generation
		varietal trials conducted across multiple environments. The
		package implements three construction methods for obtaining
		efficient p-rep test-control designs with one or more control
		treatments. The package extends the partially replicated design
		framework of Vinaykumar et al. (2026)
		doi:10.1007/s12355-025-01684-1 to accommodate test-control
		comparisons in breeding trials. Functions are also provided for
		generating randomized and non-randomized layouts and for
		evaluating designs using average variance measures for test-
		versus-test and test-versus-control comparisons, together with
		canonical efficiency factors. The proposed designs are useful
		for large-scale varietal evaluation trials where a large number
		of test lines are assessed under limited experimental
		resources.
	</longdescription>
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