Genotype by year interaction for selected quantitative traits in hybrid lines of Triticum aestivum L. with Aegilops kotschyi Boiss. and Ae. variabilis Eig. using the additive main effects and multiplicative interaction model

This study estimated the genotype × environment interactions for ten yield associated traits in advanced generation hybrids of several cultivars of common wheat (Triticum aestivumL.) withAegilops kotschyiBoiss. andA. variabilisEig. using the additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) models. Tests were ran over five years at one location in replicated field trials. The AMMI model showed significant genotypic and environmental effects for all analysed traits. A majority of the hybrid lines were less stable in the analysed traits than their parental wheats. The older wheat cultivars, with lower environmental sensitivity, were the most stable. The best total genotype selection index, for all ten traits combined, was observed for the oldest cvs. Gama and Rusałka, and among the hybrid lines, forAe. kotschyi/Rusałka//Smuga andAe. kotschyi/Rusałka//Muza. The linesAe. kotschyi/Rusałka//Smuga,Ae. kotschyi/Rusałka//Muza,Ae. kotschyi/Rusałka//Korweta,Ae. kotschyi/Rusałka//Begra///Smuga, andAe. kotschyi/Rusałka//Begra///Turnia are recommended for inclusion in breeding programmes due to their greater stability and the good average values for the observed traits.