Grain yield data were used from 65 maize cultivar trials carried out in the State of the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in the years of 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005, with the objective of comparing the following methods of adaptability and stability analysis: Yates and Cochran, Plaisted and Peterson, Wricke, Annicchiarico, Finlay and Wilkinson, Eberhart and Russell, Tai, Toler, Silva and Barreto, Cruz et al., Huehn, Lin and Binns modified by Carneiro and analysis AMMI. To verify the degree of association between the estimates of adaptability and stability parameters, obtained by the different methods, the Spearman correlation coefficient was used. There is an agreement in the indication of maize cultivars by the methods of Plaisted and Peterson and Wricke, of Annicchiarico and Lin and Binns modified by Carneiro, of Eberhart and Russell and Tai, and of Toler and Silva and Barreto, which counter-indicates their concomitant use. To a lesser degree of association the AMMI analysis agrees with the estimates of the stability parameters, Plaisted and Peterson, Wricke, Eberhart and Russell, Tai, Silva and Barreto and Cruz et al.
Zea mays; genotype x environment interaction; cultivar indication
