Abstract Sunflower is one of the most important oilseed crops and produces a high-quality edible oil. Balance of fatty acids in standard sunflower oil shows preponderance of linoleic rather than oleic acid, and conditions during seed development, such as temperature, changes the oleic/linoleic ratio of the oil. This work aimed to evaluate the environmental effect on fatty acid profile in a group of standard and high oleic varieties and hybrids. Seeds were produced during regular season crop and during off-season crop featuring different temperatures from anthesis to maturity. Fatty-acid composition was determined by gas chromatography. Levels of oleic acid, in standard oil genotypes, raised as the crop developed in warmer environment while levels of linoleic acid decreased, and the opposite was observed when the crop was grown under lower temperature. High oleic genotypes were less sensitive to environment switching and showed lower variation on fatty-acid composition.

O lançamento de cultivares com bom potencial produtivo, com plantas baixas, de ciclo curto e responsivas a novas tecnologias, dá suporte ao estabelecimento da agricultura moderna. As cultivares IAC 203 e IAC 204 são uma nova opção para plantio de arroz de terras altas no estado de São Paulo.

The release of good yielding cultivars, which present low height, short cycle and responsiveness to new technologies, supports modern agriculture. The cultivars IAC 203 and IAC 204 are new options for upland rice cultivation for the State of São Paulo.

O desempenho de linhagens promissoras de arroz, gerado pelo programa de melhoramento genético do Instituto Agronômico (IAC) foi avaliado em diferentes ambientes. Os ensaios foram instalados em blocos casualizados com quatro repetições e parcelas experimentais com área útil de 6 m² nos anos agrícolas de 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 e 2009/2010, nos municípios de Capão Bonito-SP e Mococa-SP. A variação total dos dados de produção de grãos foi analisada pela ANAVA e pela ANADEV, e foram estimadas as significâncias dos efeitos da interação genótipo x ambiente pelas duas metodologias. A adaptabilidade e estabilidade de 16 genótipos de arroz de terras altas em 8 ambientes foram avaliadas pelos métodos de Eberhart e Russell (1966) e Lin e Binns (1988) e pela metodologia dos modelos mistos (REML/BLUP). Pelo método da média harmônica da performance relativa dos valores genotípicos (MHPRVG) foram selecionadas as linhagens IAC 2009, IAC 1829 e IAC 2005 com produções superiores em 11; 10 e 6% respectivamente, em relação à média geral, o que foi coincidente com os resultados obtidos pelas outras metodologias.

The performance of promising strains of rice, generated through the genetic improvement program of the Instituto Agronômico (IAC), was evaluated for different environments. The experiments were set up in a randomized-block design with four replications, using experimental plots of 6m², during the periods 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010, in the municipalities of de Capão Bonito and Mococa, both in São Paulo. The total variation of the data for grain-production was analyzed using ANAVA and ANADEV, and the significance of the effects of the interaction between genotype and environment were estimated for the two methodologies. The adaptability and stability of 16 genotypes of upland rice in eight environments were evaluated using the methods of Eberhart and Russell (1966), Lin and Binns (1988), and mixed-model (REML / BLUP). Using the harmonic mean of the relative performance of genotypic values (MHPRVG), the strains, IAC 2009, IAC 1829 and IAC 2005 were selected, with yields superior to 11; 10 and 6% respectively when compared to the general average, which matched results obtained by other methods.