Breeding programs seek to determine the minimum period of genotype evaluation, which is a long term process. This study aimed to estimate the repeatability coefficient, using analysis of variance and multivariate methods of physical and chemical characteristics that are important for passion-fruit selection to achieve accurate and efficient predictions. There was agreement on the magnitude of the repeatability coefficients obtained by different methods, increasing their reliability. The estimates of the repeatability coefficient obtained by the analysis of variance were always lower than those obtained by other methods. The results showed that there is 80% confiability in the selection process from 10 measurements taken on the evaluated traits.
Biometric model; Passiflora edulis Sims; selection
