“…Selection indices have frequently been used for family selection in recurrent selection programs for various crops (Subandi et al, 1973;Rosielle and Frey, 1975;Sharma and Duveiller, 2003;Silva and Vieira, 2008;Sezegen and Carena, 2009;Silva et al, 2009;Heinz et al, 2012;Vivas et al, 2012;Vivas et al, 2013). Although selection indices (Smith, 1936;Hazel, 1943;Williams, 1962;Pešek and Baker, 1969;Mulamba and Mock, 1978) have been used successfully (Santos et al, 2007;Freitas Júnior et al, 2009;Amaral Júnior et al, 2010;Rangel et al, 2011;Ribeiro et al, 2012;Amaral Júnior et al, 2013), these indices contain some limitations.…”