Crop varieties should fulfill multiple requirements, including agronomic performance and
product quality. Variety evaluations depend on data generated from field trials and sensory …

Powdery mildew incited by Podosphaera aphanis is an important disease affecting
strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa Duch.). Cultivars that are resistant to the pathogen can …

The classic question of why companies do corporate social responsibility (CSR) is central to
much theoretical, regression‐based, and experimental research. Guiding research into this …

Location‐specific information is required to support decision making in crop variety
management, especially under increasingly challenging climate conditions. Data synthesis …

Crop breeding is as ancient as the invention of cultivation. In essence, the objective of crop
breeding is to improve plant fitness under human cultivation conditions, making crops more …

Key message GWAS identified 19 QTLs for resistance to Sclerotinia minor, 11 of them co-
locating with red leaf color. Lower disease incidence was observed in red and dark red …

Many cultivars of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), the most popular leafy vegetable, are
susceptible to downy mildew disease caused by Bremia lactucae. Cultivars Iceberg and …

Abstract The Elo Rating System which originates from competitive chess has been widely
utilised in large-scale online educational applications where it is used for on-the-fly …

Comparing performance of a large number of accessions simultaneously is not always
possible. Frequently, only subsets of all accessions are tested in separate trials with only …

The explosion in genomic data is revolutionizing plant breeding and genetics research but
accurate phenotypic data are crucial for making efficient use of genomic data in applications …