Seed yield data of 216 soybean genotype experiments conducted on of Rio Grande do Sul-Brazil during the 2002/2004, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 were used in order to verify whether the use of Papadakis Method would decrease the number of replications necessary to predict the performance of soybean genotypes in regard to seed yield. Greater experimental precision can be obtained by using the Papadakis Method regardless the combination among plot size, number of replications and block homogeneity. The use of Papadakis Method allows reduction of replications necessary to predict seed yield performance of soybean genotypes. Experiments consisted of four replications and were analyzed according to Papadakis Method which permitted to identify superior genotypes in regard to seed yield with 80% of precision.
Glycine max L.; intraclass correlation; repeatability; experimental precision
