GENETIC GAIN IN THE COMMON BEAN BREEDING PROGRAM - PERFORMED AT THE SOUTH AND UPPER PARANAIBA REGIONS OF MINAS-GERAIS STATE IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES

Citation
Adb. Abreu et al., GENETIC GAIN IN THE COMMON BEAN BREEDING PROGRAM - PERFORMED AT THE SOUTH AND UPPER PARANAIBA REGIONS OF MINAS-GERAIS STATE IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES, Pesquisa agropecuaria brasileira, 29(1), 1994, pp. 105-112
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience
ISSN journal
0100204X
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
105 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0100-204X(1994)29:1<105:GGITCB>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Genetic progress accomplished by the common beans improvement program, performed at south and upper Paranaiba regions of Minas Gerais, Brazi l. was estimated for the seventies and eighties. from a survey of all results obtained from cultivar's evaluation assays of the period. Two methods were applied to estimate the progress. Firstly, linear regress ion coefficients were estimated throughout the years, for all cultivar s together and for the control cultivar alone. The difference between these b gave the estimate of the annual average genetic gain. Latter, the method proposed by Vencovsky et al. (1986) and modified by Rodrigu es (1990) was applied. Both methods gave similar results, and the annu al average genetic progress in the period was estimated to be 1.9%, wh ich is comparable to those attained in improvement programs performed with other crops in Brazil.