R语言已是科学研究中最流行的计算语言,但在我国农业试验数据分析的应用还不多。我们介绍R语言以及在农业试验数据分析中的基本应用。作为其中的第一篇,本文重点介绍R软件的下载、安装以及起步使用的一些基本知识,期望我国农业科技工作者对R语言有初步了解并尝试利用R语言分析试验数据。

R language has been the most popular computing language in scientific research, but its application in agricultural experiment data analysis in China is still very limited. We are writing two articles to introduce R language and basic application in the agricultural experiment data analysis. As the first article, we are focusing on some very basic knowledge for the new beginners, such as R software download, install, how to enter data and do some basic computations and make simple graphs. We hope this article will help agricultural scientists in China gain some preliminary understanding of R language and try using R to analyze trial data.