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Selection Of Stable Cultivars Using A Safety-First Rule, Kent M. Eskridge
Selection Of Stable Cultivars Using A Safety-First Rule, Kent M. Eskridge
Department of Statistics: Faculty Publications
The presence of genotype by environment interaction is of major concern to plant breeders, since large interactions can reduce gains from selection and complicate identification of superior cultivars. Numerous statistics have been proposed to characterize stability of cultivars, yet none of these methods explicitly indicate how stability may be combined with mean yield in choosing superior cultivars. It is assumed that the plant breeder prefers a cultivar with a small probability of low yield. Using a decision-theory concept known as safety-first to model such behavior, an index incorporating mean yield and stability is developed for each of four different definitions …