The objective of the present study is to evaluate adaptability and stability parameters of lines and cultivars of common bean plants with special grains through the use of supplementary genotypes (GS) and AMMI (Additive Main Effect and Multiplicative Interaction) analysis. Productivity data of 14 lines and cultivars of common beans belonging to the Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU assay) of the State of São Paulo, referent to the harvests of 2005/2006/2007, seeded in twenty-four environments following a randomized blocks design with three repetitions, were used. It is possible to observe performance differences of the genotypes in function of environmental stimulus, since the genotype x environment integration was significant. Genotypes Gen 99 TGR 34-16 (raining period), Jalo Precoce and IAC -Centauro (dry period), Gen 99 TG 28-68 and IAC-Centauro (winter period) and IAC - Boreal (set of all the three periods) were stable, presenting score values close to zero. Regarding the set of the three seeding periods, we did not detect any genotype close to GS; nevertheless, the genotypes IAPAR-31 and IAC-Centauro (dry period), Gen99 TG 2868 and IAC-Centauro (winter period) were close to this point, interacting with environments in the most favorable way as possible. Therefore, the AMMI method combined with GS use helps to identify superior genotypes.
Phaseolus vulgaris; genotype x environment interaction; adaptability
