Bootstrap estimates of arithmetic mean of Pickett, Peking, PI88788 and PI90
763 soybean genotypes and the confidence intervals obtained through normal
theory and bootstrap distribution of this estimator, like the percentile bo
otstrap and the BCa (bias-corrected and accelerated) of the differentiation
parameter of the standard cultivar Lee for susceptibility, are utilized to
classify races of soybean cyst nematode. The confidence intervals obtained
from bootstrap distribution showed smaller amplitude and were very similar
. Therefore, the lower limit of the bootstrap percentile confidence interva
l was taken as reference level in the bootstrap distribution of the arithme
tic mean estimator of the differential genotypes allowing to estimate the e
mpirical probability of a positive or negative reaction and, consequently,
to identify the most probable race under specific test.