01806naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400550006010000160011524501140013126000090024552009740025465000270122865000210125565000250127665300170130165300140131865300210133270000180135370000220137170000260139370000200141970000250143977300760146421457492022-08-25       2022    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 ahttps://doi.org/10.1590/1984-70332022v22n2a222DOI1 aDIAS, J. A.  aEfficiency of indirect selection for green biomass production of Urochloa ruziziensis.h[electronic resource]  c2022  aWe aimed to measure the efficiency of visual selection of plant vigor for green biomass production of U. ruziziensis using single- and multitrait approaches to maximize the predictive accuracy of the genetic value. The green biomass production and plant vigor of 254 U. ruziziensis clones were measured over nine evaluation cuttings to determine the efficiency of these approaches for production improvement. Individual and multicutting analyses were performed under single-trait and multitrait approaches using mixed models. The efficiency of visual selection was assessed by measuring plant vigor based on direct and indirect genetic gains. Plant vigor showed a high genetic association with green biomass and could be selected for production, especially in the initial phases of breeding programs. The multitrait approach was superior to the single-trait approach in predicting the genetic value of the clones, and it can be used in U. ruziziensis breeding programs.  aBrachiaria Ruziziensis  aCapim Brachiaria  aGramínea Forrageira  aModelo misto  aPrecisão  aSeleção visual1 aROSADO, L. R.1 aBENITES, F. R. G.1 aSOUZA SOBRINHO, F. de1 aNUNES, J. A. R.1 aGONÇALVES, F. M. A.  tCrop Breeding and Applied Biotechnologygv. 22, n. 2, e417822212, 2022.