Ted P. Wallace, Mississippi State University, P O Box 9555, Mississippi State, MS 39762 and Don. C. Jones, Cotton Incorporated, 6299 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC 27513.
The Regional Breeders Testing Network (RBTN) is a trial
designed to provide public cotton breeders easy access to multi-environment testing
of advanced breeding lines. A wide range
of environments ranging from Louisiana
to Arizona are represented in the
RBTN. The value of an environment for
evaluating breeding lines is often measured in terms of the average yield for a
location. An environment producing a low
average yield is often considered less valuable when compared to a high
yielding environment. However, the
ability to discriminate among genotypes would be a better measure of the value
of an environment. Analysis of RBTN data
using GGE biplot is used to show the relationships
among test environments and compare discriminating ability of RBTN environments. Information should prove useful in the
planning and selection of environments for the RBTN program.