The study included data set of 20 durum wheat genotype across 15 rain-fed
environments. A combined analysis of variance showed that the genotypes
differed significantly for seed yield and GE (year ? location) interaction.
Cross validations procedure and four various F-tests including FGollob,
FRatio, FGH1 and FGH2 are used for testing the GE interaction principal
component analysis (IPCA) axes and indicated that two, four, six or seven
axes could be significant. According to EV1, D1, AMGE1 and SIPC1 parameters,
genotypes G3, G7 and G17 were the most stable genotypes while based on EV4,
D4, SIPC4 and AMGE4 parameters, genotype G13 was the most stable genotype.
The hierarchical clustering showed that the twenty one studied the AMMI
stability parameters and mean yield could be divided into four distinct
groups. Group III contains mean yield, SIPC4, SIPC6 and SIPC8 which were
computed from four, six or eight IPCAs. In conclusion, G13 (DON-MD 81- 36)
was found to be the most stable genotype as well as high mean yield
performance (2592.45 kg ha-1) and so is recommended for commercial release in
semi-arid areas of Iran. Also, the SIPC-based stability parameters of the
AMMI model was found to be useful in detecting the yield stability of the
genotypes studied.