Genome-wide identification of genes enabling accurate prediction of hybrid performance from parents across environments and populations for gene-based breeding …

M Zhang, YH Liu, Y Wang, SH Sze, CF Scheuring, X Qi… - Plant Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of hybrid offspring complex trait phenotype from parents is paramount to
enhanced plant breeding, animal breeding, and human medicine. Here we report genome …

A worldwide maize panel revealed new genetic variation for cold tolerance

Q Yi, L Álvarez-Iglesias, RA Malvar, MC Romay… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Key message A large association panel of 836 maize inbreds revealed a broader genetic
diversity of cold tolerance, as predominantly favorable QTL with small effects were identified …

Genomic selection in preliminary yield trials in a winter wheat breeding program

V Belamkar, MJ Guttieri, W Hussain… - G3: Genes …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Genomic prediction (GP) is now routinely performed in crop plants to predict unobserved
phenotypes. The use of predicted phenotypes to make selections is an active area of …

Complex genetic architecture underlying the plasticity of maize agronomic traits

M Jin, H Liu, X Liu, T Guo, J Guo, Y Yin, Y Ji, Z Li… - Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a given genotype to produce multiple phenotypes in
response to changing environmental conditions. Understanding the genetic basis of …

Molecular parallelism underlies convergent highland adaptation of maize landraces

L Wang, EB Josephs, KM Lee… - Molecular biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Convergent phenotypic evolution provides some of the strongest evidence for adaptation.
However, the extent to which recurrent phenotypic adaptation has arisen via parallelism at …

Genomewide predictions as a substitute for a portion of phenotyping in maize

NC Ames, R Bernardo - Crop Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
When genomewide predictions are available, maize (Zea mays L.) breeders may consider
foregoing first‐year phenotyping of testcrosses or, at the very least, reducing the number of …

An assessment of the factors influencing the prediction accuracy of genomic prediction models across multiple environments

S Widener, G Graef, AE Lipka, D Jarquin - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The effects of climate change create formidable challenges for breeders striving to produce
sufficient food quantities in rapidly changing environments. It is therefore critical to …

Molecular breeding for abiotic stresses in maize (Zea mays L.)

A Gazal, ZA Dar, AA Lone - Maize germplasm-characterization …, 2018 - books.google.com
Abiotic constraints resulting from climate changes have widespread yield reducing effects on
all field crops and therefore should receive high priority for crop breeding research …

Genomics of tropical maize, a staple food and feed across the world

Y Xu, JH Crouch - Genomics of tropical crop plants, 2008 - Springer
Tropical maize is a major staple crop providing food and feed across the developing world.
Genomics of maize is very well advanced but heavily focused on temperate germplasm …

Genomewide selection for rapid introgression of exotic germplasm in maize

R Bernardo - Crop Science, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The length of time needed for prebreeding in adapted× exotic maize (Zea mays L.) crosses
has deterred breeders from exploiting exotic germplasm. My objective in this study was to …