Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow 226 002.
* Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012.
Three new indices for selecting genotypes simultaneously for high yield and stability have been proposed. These are compared among themselves and with Kang's rank-sum index using sugarcane data on plant yield and sucrose percentage. The proposed indices are shown to be superior to Kang's index.
G × E interaction, simultaneous selection for yield and stability