Landraces are alternatives for widening the genetic base and for incorporation of disease resistance genes in plant breeding programs. For this the use of screening methods capable of efficiently exploiting the available genetic material are needed. With the goal of selecting half-sib families of papaya for a favorable alleles concentration for resistance to black spot, the selection indices of Smith & Hazel, Pesek & Baker, Williams, and Mulamba & Mock were tested. The proposed use of an index aims to seek a more robust alternative to identify genotypes resistant The selection intensity of 41.66% was defined, corresponding to the number of ten progenies. The indices of Mulamba & Mock and Williams have provided gains more suitable for the evaluated characteristics when used the genetic variation coeficient (CVg) as criterion of economic weight. This two methodologies helped select the following progenies 'STA-02', 'STA-04', 'STA-05', 'STA-08', 'STA-13', 'STA-15', 'STA-16', 'STA-17', 'STA-22' and 'STA-24', to compose a new cycle of selection.
Asperisporium caricae; Carica papaya; combined selection; genetic gain; hybridization
