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Genetic diversity in rice cultivars and correlations between agronomic traits

The objective of this study was to estimate the genotypic correlation between traits and study the genetic diversity of the most cultivated rice cultivars between 1950 and 2001. Two field experiments were conducted at the experimental fields known as Airport and Agronomy, both belong to the Federal University of Viçosa, in Viçosa, MG. The experiments were arranged in a randomized block design with three replications and 25 cultivars. Data on grain yield, plant height, days to flowering, initial stand, final stand, useful tillering, grains per panicle, percentage of sterile spikelets or ears per panicle, and grain weight were collected and analyzed. It was verified high genotypic correlations for most trait pairs. The traits with strongest influence on yield were grains per panicle, percentage of sterile grains and grain weight. The cultivars Guarani and Bico Ganga were the most genetically divergent and cultivars Amarelão and IAC 25 the most similar.

Oryza sativa L.; variability; selection; improvement


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