02019naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000240006024501260008426000090021050001360021952011000035565000190145565000190147465000140149365000250150765000140153265300140154665300240156070000230158470000260160770000140163370000150164777300910166220941462019-02-25       2018    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aVERISSIMO, M. A. A.  aGenetic parameters and performance of sugarcane families under cold stress in the South of Brazil.h[electronic resource]  c2018  aTítulo em português: Parâmetros genéticos e desempenho de famílias de cana-de-açúcar sob estresse por frio no Sul do Brasil.  aThe objective of this work was to estimate the genetic parameters for the performance prediction of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) families under natural cold stress, in Southern Brazil, and to identify the best combinations of parents aiming at the selection for tolerance to cold. Fifty-three full-sib families were evaluated in an incomplete block design, with five replicates per family, in the municipality of Pelotas, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Harvest occurred in August 2013, nine months after planting and after cold spells with negative temperatures down to -2.2ºC. Statistical analyses, performed with the mixed model methodology, detected significant differences among families. Heritability estimates among progeny means were higher than those of individual heritability. Estimates of genetic progress for the traits megagrams of stalks per hectare, megagrams of brix per hectare, and number of stalks indicated gains of 93.8, 91.0, and 53.3%, respectively. A set of eight promising families that combine high estimates for yield and cold stress tolerance was obtained.  aCold tolerance  aPlant breeding  aSaccharum  aMelhoramento Vegetal  aSeleção  aSelection  aTolerância ao frio1 aOLIVEIRA, R. A. de1 aSILVA, S. D. dos A. e1 aDAROS, E.1 aHARTER, A.  tPesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Brasília, DFgv. 53, n. 5, p. 583-592, maio, 2018.