Study of adaptation and grain yield stability in promosing lines of Triticale

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To study the stability and adaptability of grain yield and genotype ‎‏×‏‎ environment interaction, ‎‎19 promising triticale lines/varieties were evaluated in Moghan, Mashhad and Zabol Experimental ‎Stations during 2001 to 2003 cropping seasons. The experimental design in all the locations and ‎years was completely randomized block design with three replications. Combined analysis of ‎variance carried out over locations and years. The place‏× ‏‎ year and genotype ‎‏×‏‎ place‎‏× ‏‎ year ‎interactions were significant (P < 1%). There was not significant difference between genotypes. The ‎different stability methods were used to identify stable genotypes in this research. The results of ‎analysis on grain yield using parametric method of Eberhart and Russell (1966), stability of ‎variance and Ecovalance indices (Shukla, 1972 & Wricke, 1962), environmental variance (Si2), ‎coefficient of determination (R2), coefficient of variation (C.V.) and non-parametric method of rank ‎‎(based on R and SDR parameters) showed that genotypes No. 4, 12, 14, 17 and No. 11 were stable ‎and high adaptable genotypes. The genotype No. 4 with high mean yield (6382 kg/ha), the lowest ‎deviation of regression (S2di = 0.05, bi = 1.08), the lowest stability of variance (?i2‎‏ ‏‎= 0.01), the lowest ‎Wricke ecovalance (Wi = 0.24), the highest R2 (96.7%), the lowest standard deviation of rank (SDR ‎‎= 1.72) and low environmental variance (Si2 = 1.25) and coefficient of variation (C.V% = 17.52) was ‎determined as the most stable genotype.‎

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