Genotype X environment interactions and stability of soybean for grain yield and nutrition quality

Abstract

Soybean Glycine max (L.) Merrill] is the world’s leading source of oil and protein. It has the highest protein content of all food crops and is second only to groundnut in terms of oil content among food legumes. Study on genotype x enviroment interaction (GE) and stability of twenty soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] genotypes was conducted for grain yield, oil and crude protein content at six environments in 2007. The objectives of the experiment were to determine the magnitude of GEI and stability of released and elite soybean genotypes and thereby identify widely and/or specifically adapted genotypes under Ethiopian conditions. There are strong significant (P