Effect of trait heritability, training population size and marker density on genomic prediction accuracy estimation in 22 bi-parental tropical maize populations

A Zhang, H Wang, Y Beyene, K Semagn… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Genomic selection is being used increasingly in plant breeding to accelerate genetic gain
per unit time. One of the most important applications of genomic selection in maize breeding …

Genomewide prediction accuracy within 969 maize biparental populations

L Lian, A Jacobson, S Zhong, R Bernardo - Crop Science, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In genomewide selection, the expected correlation between predicted and true genotypic
values (rMG) has been previously derived as a function of the training population size (N) …

Maximizing efficiency of genomic selection in CIMMYT's tropical maize breeding program

SA Atanda, M Olsen, J Burgueño, J Crossa… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Key message Historical data from breeding programs can be efficiently used to improve
genomic selection accuracy, especially when the training set is optimized to subset …

Genomic prediction in biparental tropical maize populations in water-stressed and well-watered environments using low-density and GBS SNPs

X Zhang, P Pérez-Rodríguez, K Semagn, Y Beyene… - Heredity, 2015 - nature.com
One of the most important applications of genomic selection in maize breeding is to predict
and identify the best untested lines from biparental populations, when the training and …

Genome-based prediction of maize hybrid performance across genetic groups, testers, locations, and years

T Albrecht, HJ Auinger, V Wimmer, JO Ogutu… - Theoretical and applied …, 2014 - Springer
Key message The calibration data for genomic prediction should represent the full genetic
spectrum of a breeding program. Data heterogeneity is minimized by connecting data …

Application of genomic selection at the early stage of breeding pipeline in tropical maize

Y Beyene, M Gowda, P Pérez-Rodríguez… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In maize, doubled haploid (DH) line production capacity of large-sized maize breeding
programs often exceeds the capacity to phenotypically evaluate the complete set of testcross …

Improving genomic selection with quantitative trait loci and nonadditive effects revealed by empirical evidence in maize

X Liu, H Wang, X Hu, K Li, Z Liu, Y Wu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Genomic selection (GS), a tool developed for molecular breeding, is used by plant breeders
to improve breeding efficacy by shortening the breeding cycle and to facilitate the selection …

Usefulness of Multiparental Populations of Maize (Zea mays L.) for Genome-Based Prediction

C Lehermeier, N Krämer, E Bauer, C Bauland… - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The efficiency of marker-assisted prediction of phenotypes has been studied intensively for
different types of plant breeding populations. However, one remaining question is how to …

Genomic predictability of interconnected biparental maize populations

C Riedelsheimer, JB Endelman, M Stange… - Genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Intense structuring of plant breeding populations challenges the design of the training set
(TS) in genomic selection (GS). An important open question is how the TS should be …

Genome properties and prospects of genomic prediction of hybrid performance in a breeding program of maize

F Technow, TA Schrag, W Schipprack, E Bauer… - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Maize (Zea mays L.) serves as model plant for heterosis research and is the crop where
hybrid breeding was pioneered. We analyzed genomic and phenotypic data of 1254 hybrids …