Designing future crops: genomics-assisted breeding comes of age

RK Varshney, A Bohra, J Yu, A Graner, Q Zhang… - Trends in Plant …, 2021 - cell.com
Over the past decade, genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) has been instrumental in
harnessing the potential of modern genome resources and characterizing and exploiting …

Genomic selection: genome-wide prediction in plant improvement

ZA Desta, R Ortiz - Trends in plant science, 2014 - cell.com
Association analysis is used to measure relations between markers and quantitative trait loci
(QTL). Their estimation ignores genes with small effects that trigger underpinning …

Genomic Selection and Association Mapping in Rice (Oryza sativa): Effect of Trait Genetic Architecture, Training Population Composition, Marker Number and …

J Spindel, H Begum, D Akdemir, P Virk, B Collard… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Genomic Selection (GS) is a new breeding method in which genome-wide markers are used
to predict the breeding value of individuals in a breeding population. GS has been shown to …

[HTML][HTML] Breeding schemes for the implementation of genomic selection in wheat (Triticum spp.)

FM Bassi, AR Bentley, G Charmet, R Ortiz, J Crossa - Plant Science, 2016 - Elsevier
In the last decade the breeding technology referred to as 'genomic selection'(GS) has been
implemented in a variety of species, with particular success in animal breeding. Recent …

Harvesting the promising fruits of genomics: applying genome sequencing technologies to crop breeding

RK Varshney, R Terauchi, SR McCouch - PLoS biology, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are being used to generate whole genome
sequences for a wide range of crop species. When combined with precise phenotyping …

Genome-wide association study, genomic prediction and marker-assisted selection for seed weight in soybean (Glycine max)

J Zhang, Q Song, PB Cregan, GL Jiang - Theoretical and Applied …, 2016 - Springer
Key message Twenty-two loci for soybean SW and candidate genes conditioning seed
development were identified; and prediction accuracies of GS and MAS were estimated …

Next generation breeding

D Barabaschi, A Tondelli, F Desiderio, A Volante… - Plant Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The genomic revolution of the past decade has greatly improved our understanding of the
genetic make-up of living organisms. The sequencing of crop genomes has completely …

Breeding better cultivars, faster: applications of new technologies for the rapid deployment of superior horticultural tree crops

S van Nocker, SE Gardiner - Horticulture Research, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Woody perennial plants, including trees that produce fruits and nuts of horticultural value,
typically have long breeding cycles, and development and introduction of improved cultivars …

The impact of population structure on genomic prediction in stratified populations

Z Guo, DM Tucker, CJ Basten, H Gandhi… - Theoretical and applied …, 2014 - Springer
Key message Impacts of population structure on the evaluation of genomic heritability and
prediction were investigated and quantified using high-density markers in diverse panels in …

Genomic selection in forest tree breeding: the concept and an outlook to the future

F Isik - New Forests, 2014 - Springer
Using large numbers of DNA markers to predict genetic merit [genomic selection (GS)] is a
new frontier in plant and animal breeding programs. GS is now routinely used to select …