Fit linear mixed models dedicated to the genetic study of plant mixtures, such as those based on general and specific mixing abilities (GMA-SMA) as well as direct and social breeding values (DBV-SBV), also known as direct and indirect genetic effects (DGE-IGE). More details in Forst et al (2019, <doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2019.107571>) for GMA-SMA models, and Salomon et al (2026, <doi:10.64898/2026.03.27.714849>) for DBV-SBV models. The package also provides functions to optimize experimental designs, simulate data sets and compute interaction indices.

Functions tailored for scientific and student communities involved in plant science research. Functionalities encompass estimation chlorophyll content according to Arnon (1949) <doi:10.1104/pp.24.1.1>, determination water potential of Polyethylene glycol(PEG)6000 as in Michel and Kaufmann (1973) <doi:10.1104/pp.51.5.914>  and functions related to estimation of yield related indices like Abiotic tolerance index as given by Moosavi et al.(2008)<doi:10.22059/JDESERT.2008.27115>, Geometric mean productivity (GMP) by Fernandez (1992) <ISBN:92-9058-081-X>, Golden Mean by Moradi et al.(2012)<doi:10.14207/ejsd.2012.v1n3p543>, HAM by Schneider et al.(1997)<doi:10.2135/cropsci1997.0011183X003700010007x>,MPI and TOL by Hossain etal., (1990)<doi:10.2135/cropsci1990.0011183X003000030030x>, RDI by Fischer et al. (1979)<doi:10.1071/AR9791001>,SSI by Fisher et al.(1978)<doi:10.1071/AR9780897>, STI by Fernandez (1993)<doi:10.22001/wvc.72511>,YSI by Bouslama & Schapaugh (1984)<doi:10.2135/cropsci1984.0011183X002400050026x>, Yield index by Gavuzzi et al.(1997)<doi:10.4141/P96-130>.

Extracts growth, survival, and local neighborhood density
    information from repeated, fine-scale maps of organism occurrence.
    Further information about this package can be found in our journal
    article, "plantTracker: An R package to translate maps of plant
    occurrence into demographic data" published in 2022 in Methods in
    Ecology and Evolution (Stears, et al., 2022)
    <doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13950>.