“…In autogamous crops, and more markedly, in asexual propagation plants such as banana, genetic variability is minimal, although somaclonal variation at high level may occur (LOPES et al, 2014), probably due to mitotic instability and / or mutation (GUAPACHA et al, 2017), which are not exclusive to tissue culture, but also observed in the field, but at lower frequencies. In this work, index b is a consequence of soil anisotropy and other factors affecting the degree of experimental heterogeneity, such as errors from planting techniques, cultural practices, harvesting and measurements, as well as interferences and variations of climatic factors.…”