Adaptability and stability of canola hybrids in different sowing dates

Alessandro Lucca Braccini,Raissa Marrafon Ponce,Gleberson Guillen Piccinin,Carlos Alberto Scapim,Luiz Henrique da Silva Lima

doi:10.5935/1806-6690.20170043

Abstract

Canola is an important crop in the world market, mainly for its oil being used for human consumption and biodiesel production, being a great economical option for the farmer, which are the reasons to the increase in its cultivation in Brazil. This study aimed to evaluate the adaptability and stability of canola hybrids, depending on the sowing dates. The canola hybrids (Hyola 61, Hyola 76, Hyola 411 and Hyola 433) were evaluated in three sowing dates (04/10, 04/25 and 05/10) in the agricultural years of 2013 and 2014, under a randomized complete block design with five replications. The response variables analyzed were seed yield and oil content. Adaptability and stability of the hybrids were evaluated by three methods: Wricke’s ecovalence (1962); confidence index (ANNICCHIARICO, 1992) and method of maximum ideal deviation (LIN; BINNS, 1988). The methodology proposed by Wricke (1962) highlighted as stable the hybrids Hyola 61 for seed yield and Hyola 411 for oil content. In the methodology proposed by Lin and Binns (1988) and Annicchiarico (1992), the hybrids with higher general adaptability and stability were Hyola 411 and 433. These hybrids presented the highest means for seed yield and oil content with predictable and responsive behavior to changes in sowing dates tested in the region of Maringa-PR.

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Canola was developed by Canadian plant breeders from rapeseed (Brassica napus L. var. oleifera), belonging to the family of cruciferous and the Brassica gender
Canola is an important crop in the world market, mainly for its oil being used for human consumption and biodiesel production, being a great economical option for the farmer, which are the reasons to the increase in its cultivation in Brazil
This study aimed to evaluate the adaptability and stability of canola hybrids, depending on the sowing dates

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Introduction

Canola was developed by Canadian plant breeders from rapeseed (Brassica napus L. var. oleifera), belonging to the family of cruciferous and the Brassica gender. Canola was developed by Canadian plant breeders from rapeseed The production of rapeseed/canola grain in the world jumped from just over 8 million tons in the 1970s to over 60 million in the early decade of 2010 (USDA, 2014). Its expansion has generated new demands on the use of this raw material for the production of oil and oil byproducts such as meal and press cake. The cultivation of this oleaginous tends to increase further in Brazil due to the demand for the product in the Brazilian and European markets as well as being a good economic option for the Brazilian farmer (MARJANOVIC-JEROMELA et al, 2008; TOMM et al, 2009)

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