The CBAB – CROP BREEDING AND APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY (ISSN 1518-7853, print version and ISSN 1984-7033, on line version) – is the official quarterly journal of the Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding (www.sbmp.org.br/), abbreviated CROP BREED APPL BIOTECHNOL. It is indexed in SciELO Brasil, ISI Thomson Reuters, Scopus, AGRIS, CAB International Abstracts, Biosys, Latindex, Periódica, Chemical Abstracts Service, Agricola, Agrobase, Wilson, Ebsco, DOAJ, Acervo Documental da Embrapa and Portal da Capes.