“…In this context, the BLUP method could be adequately used to predict yield of genotypes in the environments where they are not examined (PIEPHO et al, 2003, BUNTARAN et al, 2019. Recently, REML/BLUP methods have been used to investigate the G×E interaction in different crops such as: wheat (YAN et al, 2002;STUDNICKI et al, 2015), maize (SO and EDWARDS, 2011;OLIVOTO et al, 2017) soybean RAJCAN, 2003), cowpea (SANTOS et al, 2016), sorghum (ALMEIDA FILHO et al, 2014; and sweat potatoes (TICONA-BENAVENTE and SILVA FILHO, 2015).…”