Although long-term genetic gain has been achieved through increasing use of modern
breeding methods and technologies, the rate of genetic gain needs to be accelerated to …

Agricultural production faces a Herculean challenge to feed the increasing global
population. Food production systems need to deliver more with finite land and water …

An increase in the rate of crop improvement is essential for achieving sustained food
production and other needs of ever-increasing population. Genomic selection (GS) is a …

Background Cereal crops are a primary energy source for humans. Grain size and weight
affect both evolutionary fitness and grain yield of cereals. Although studies on gene mining …

In modern plant breeding, genomic selection is becoming the gold standard for selection of
superior genotypes. The basis for genomic prediction models is a set of phenotyped lines …

Genomic selection, the application of genomic prediction (GP) models to select candidate
individuals, has significantly advanced in the past two decades, effectively accelerating …

Core Ideas Training populations can be optimized for specific testing populations. Optimized
training populations are smaller, more related, and more predictive. Stratified sampling with …

Many studies showed that few degrees above tomato optimum growth temperature
threshold can lead to serious loss in production. Therefore, the development of innovative …

Generating genomics-driven knowledge opens a way to accelerate the resistance breeding
process by family or population mapping and genomic selection. Important prerequisites are …

Summary Genotype‐by‐environment‐by‐management (G× E× M) interactions for crop
productivity represent both challenges and opportunities for long‐term crop improvement …