Thirty six wheat genotypes derived from diallel crosses from F1 to F3 and their parents were evaluated in six different environments for the stability of performance. Performance was measured by seed yield per plant under drought and non-drought stress conditions. The experiment was conducted as a randomised complete block design with three replications in over one year. Additive main effects a...

This study was performed to investigate effect of essential oils on Aspergillus spore germination, growth, and mycotoxin production. In vitro antifungal and antiaflatoxigenic activities of Cymbopogon martinii, Foeniculum vulgare, and Trachyspermum ammi essential oils were carried out on toxigenic strains of Aspergillus species. Plant materials were hydrodistilled for 4-5 h in Clevenger apparatu...

Chelidonium majus L. (C. majus L.) is known to possess certain biological properties such as anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral and antitumor activities. We investigated the effects of C. majus L. extract on human epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells through multiple mechanisms, including induction of cell cycle arrest, activation of the caspase-dependent pathway, blocking of nuclear factor...

When you are faced with analyzing two-way cross-classified experiments, you are almost always interested in whether the two factors interact or not, and if they do interact, combinations of the two factors are responsible for the interaction in the data. When there are no independent replications, there are no traditional tests for interaction. SAS® macros have been developed to provide user-fr...

CROP SCIENCE, VOL. 47, MARCH–APRIL 2007 641 ABSTRACT The use of genotype main effect (G) plus genotype-by-environment (GE) interaction (G+GE) biplot analysis by plant breeders and other agricultural researchers has increased dramatically during the past 5 yr for analyzing multi-environment trial (MET) data. Recently, however, its legitimacy was questioned by a proponent of Additive Main Effect ...

This paper presents the yields and several stability parameters of additive main effects and multiplicative interactions (AMMI) model in ten improved lentil genotypes which tested in very diverse environmental conditions in Iran. The F-Gollob indicated that first three interaction principle component analysis (IPCA) axis of AMMI model was significant while cross validation procedure through RMS...

MOTIVATION One of the most widely used models to analyse genotype-by-environment data is the additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) model. Genotype-by-environment data resulting from multi-location trials are usually organized in two-way tables with genotypes in the rows and environments (location-year combinations) in the columns. The AMMI model applies singular value deco...

Th e improvement of new genotypes with acceptable yield stability in diff erent environments is an important issue in breeding programs. In order to study genotype × environment (GE) interaction and to determine the most stable durum wheat genotypes, fi eld experiments were conducted with 20 genotypes for three years (20072009). Results showed highly signifi cant GE interaction indicating the p...

Illustrated descriptions of adult male, pupa and fourth instar larva, as well as DNA barcoding, of Hydrobaenus majus sp. nov. in comparison with the close related species H. sikhotealinensis Makarchenko et Makarchenko from the Russian Far East are provided. The species-specificity of H. majus sp. nov. COI sequences is analyzed and the sequences are presented as diagnostic characters--molecular ...