Rapid cycling genomic selection in a multiparental tropical maize population

X Zhang, P Pérez-Rodríguez… - G3: Genes …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Genomic selection (GS) increases genetic gain by reducing the length of the selection cycle,
as has been exemplified in maize using rapid cycling recombination of biparental …

Incorporation of tropical maize germplasm into inbred lines derived from temperate× temperate-adapted tropical line crosses: agronomic and molecular assessment

RS Lewis, MM Goodman - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2003 - Springer
Exotic maize (Zea mays L.) germplasm may allow for increased flexibility and greater long-
term progress from selection if it can be incorporated at high rates into US breeding …

Using machine learning to combine genetic and environmental data for maize grain yield predictions across multi-environment trials

IK Fernandes, CC Vieira, KOG Dias… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Springer
Key message Incorporating feature-engineered environmental data into machine learning-
based genomic prediction models is an efficient approach to indirectly model genotype-by …

Maize Adaptation to Temperate Climate: Relationship Between Population Structure and Polymorphism in the Dwarf8 Gene

L Camus-Kulandaivelu, JB Veyrieras, D Madur… - Genetics, 2006 - academic.oup.com
To investigate the genetic basis of maize adaptation to temperate climate, collections of 375
inbred lines and 275 landraces, representative of American and European diversity, were …

Modeling the impact of resource allocation decisions on genomic prediction using maize multi‐environment data

DL Schoemaker, DC Lima, N de Leon… - Crop …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In a hybrid maize (Zea mays L.) breeding program that utilizes genomic selection, resource
allocation used in phenotypic data acquisition must be balanced between population size …

Mining natural variation for maize improvement: selection on phenotypes and genes

S Sood, S Flint-Garcia, MC Willcox… - Genomics of plant genetic …, 2014 - Springer
Maize is highly genetically and phenotypically diverse. Tropical maize and teosinte are
important genetic resources that harbor unique alleles not found in temperate maize hybrids …

Genetic analysis of adaptation differences between highland and lowland tropical maize using molecular markers

C Jiang, GO Edmeades, I Armstead, HR Lafitte… - Theoretical and Applied …, 1999 - Springer
Molecular-marker loci were used to investigate the adaptation differences between highland
and lowland tropical maize. An F 2 population from the cross of two inbred lines …

Allelic effect variation at key photoperiod response quantitative trait loci in maize

ND Coles, CT Zila, JB Holland - Crop science, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical maize (Zea mays L.) represents a valuable genetic resource containing unique
alleles not present in elite temperate maize. The strong delay in flowering in response to …

A gene-oriented haplotype comparison reveals recently selected genomic regions in temperate and tropical maize germplasm

C He, J Fu, J Zhang, Y Li, J Zheng, H Zhang, X Yang… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The extensive genetic variation present in maize (Zea mays) germplasm makes it possible to
detect signatures of positive artificial selection that occurred during temperate and tropical …

Divergent recurrent selection for cold tolerance in two improved maize populations

B Sezegen, MJ Carena - Euphytica, 2009 - Springer
Maize (Zea mays L.) production has significantly expanded into very short-season
environments where germination and growth in cooler environments is essentially a pre …