Table 1
Variance joint analysis, degrees of freedom (DF) and significance of the mean square (MS) of the sources of variation, in relation to grain yield, in t ha-1, mean, coefficient of variation (CV), relationship between the largest and the smallest residual mean square among the environments (>MSR/<MSR) and selective accuracy of six groups of maize experiments.
Table 2
Minimum, maximum, amplitude, mean, percentile 25 (P25), median, percentile 75 (P75) and asymmetry of the Spearman correlation coefficient (r) among the estimates of the parameter of adaptability and stability (Pi) of LIN & BINNS (1988LIN, C.S.; BINNS, M.R. A superiority measure of cultivar performance for cultivar x location data. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, v.68, p.193-198, 1988.) obtained at the combinations of 2, 3, 4, ..., n experiments with Pi of all the experiments (reference). Grain yield data of maize cultivars of early cycle evaluated in the agricultural years of 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005.
Table 3
Minimum, maximum, amplitude, mean, percentile 25 (P25), median, percentile 75 (P75) and asymmetry of the Spearman correlation coefficient (r) among the estimates of the parameter of adaptability and stability (Pi) of LIN & BINNS (1988LIN, C.S.; BINNS, M.R. A superiority measure of cultivar performance for cultivar x location data. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, v.68, p.193-198, 1988.) obtained at the combinations of 2, 3, 4, ..., n experiments with Pi of all the experiments (reference). Grain yield data of maize cultivars of super early cycle evaluated in the agricultural years of 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005.
Table 4
Number of combinations and respective percentage, between parentheses, in which the Spearmans correlation coefficient (r) among the estimates of the parameter of adaptability and stability (Pi) of LIN & BINNS (1988LIN, C.S.; BINNS, M.R. A superiority measure of cultivar performance for cultivar x location data. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, v.68, p.193-198, 1988.) obtained at the combinations of 2, 3, 4, ..., n experiments with Pi of all the experiments (reference), was greater than or equal to 0.70, 0.75, 0.80, 0.85, 0.90, 0.95 and 1.00. Grain yield data of maize cultivars of early cycle evaluated in the agricultural years of 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005.
Table 5
Number of combinations and respective percentage, between parentheses, in which the Spearmans correlation coefficient (r) among the estimates of the parameter of adaptability and stability (Pi) of LIN & BINNS (1988LIN, C.S.; BINNS, M.R. A superiority measure of cultivar performance for cultivar x location data. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, v.68, p.193-198, 1988.) obtained at the combinations of 2, 3, 4, ..., n experiments with Pi of all the experiments (reference), was greater than or equal to 0.70, 0.75, 0.80, 0.85, 0.90, 0.95 and 1.00. Grain yield data of maize cultivars of super early cycle evaluated in the agricultural years of 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005.
