Adaptability and stability of soybean cultivars under conditions of varzeas, in Tocantins State Brazil

In order to evaluate the performance of soybean cultivars, three essays were carried out at Formoso do Araguaia, TO,Brazil, in the inter-cropping 2007 (15/05, 30/05 and 12/06). The experimental design employed was a randomized blocks with ten treatments and tree replications. The treatments were composed by ten soybean cultivar (DM Nobre, NIDERA In 7002, DM 247, DM 309, DM 339, M-SOY 8411, M-SOY 8914, M-SOY 8866, M-SOY 9350 and FT 106). In evaluating the performance of cultivars, a study was conducted of adaptability and stability by the methods of Eberhart and Russell (1966) and centroid. The average grain yield varied from 1023 kg ha(-1) (15/05) to 1234 kg ha(-1) (12/06), with a general average of 1142 kg ha(-1). Based on the classification obtained by the methods of Eberhart and Russell (1966) and centroid, the cultivars DM Nobre, NIDERA In 7002, M-SOY 9350 and M-SOY 8914, were promising for the cultivation under conditions of inter-cropping. There was agreement among the methods on the classification of genotypes.