Abstract
The experiment aimed at determining repeatability coefficients for four methods (analysis of variance, principal components-correlation and covariance matrices and structural analysis), number of harvests necessary to increase accuracy and phenotypic stability of yield characteristics of accessions of Panicum maximum. The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with 35 genotypes and three replications. Five cuts were made and material was weighed and dried to obtain total, stem, leaf and dead forage dry matter yields. The repeatability coefficients in the different methods, for the evaluated characteristics, ranged from 0.1867 and 0.6583. The estimates of repeatability coefficients obtained for the evaluated characteristics by analysis of variance were generally smaller than the ones obtained with the other methods. By the principal components (based on the covariance matrix), the estimates were usually larger than those for the other methods. Therefore, it is possible to recommend this method to estimate the coefficient of repeatability for traits evaluated in this study. Considering that levels of 80 or 90% of confidence in the evaluation of the relative superiority of the accessions for all the evaluated characteristics are satisfactory, five harvests are sufficient for the choice of the best accession.
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