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The objectives of this study were to use a bayesian multi-trait model, estimate genetic parameters, and select flood-irrigated rice genotypes with better genetic potentials in different evaluation environments. For this, twenty-five rice genotypes and six traits belonging to the flood-irrigated rice improvement program were evaluated. The experimental design used in all experiments was a randomized block design with three replications. The Monte Carlo Markov Chain algorithm estimated genetic parameters and genetic values. The grain thickness trait was considered highly heritable, with a credibility interval ranging from: \({h}^{2}\): 0.9480; 0.9440; 0.8610, in environments 1, 2, and 3, respectively. The grain yields showed a weak correlation estimate between grain thickness and 100-grain weight, in all environments, with a credibility interval ranging from (\(\rho\)= 0.5477; 0.5762; 0.5618 and 0.5973; 0.5247; 0.5632, grain thickness and 100-grain weight, in environments 1, 2, and 3, respectively). The Bayesian multi-trait model proved to be an adequate strategy for the genetic improvement of flood-irrigated.
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The authors would like to thank the Research Support Foundation of the State of Minas Gerais, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel for the financial support and researcher of Embrapa Rice and Beans Dr. Orlando Peixoto de Morais (in memory) and Prof. Dr. Fabyano Fonseca e Silva (in memory). This study was financed in part by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel—Brazil (CAPES)—Financial Code 001.
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da Silva Junior, A.C., de Castro Sant’Anna, I., Peixoto, M.A. et al. Multiple-trait model through Bayesian inference applied to flood-irrigated rice (Oryza sativa L). Euphytica 218, 124 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-022-03077-x
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