Genomic selection for forest tree improvement: Methods, achievements and perspectives
VG Lebedev, TN Lebedeva, AI Chernodubov… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
The breeding of forest trees is only a few decades old, and is a much more complicated,
longer, and expensive endeavor than the breeding of agricultural crops. One breeding cycle …
longer, and expensive endeavor than the breeding of agricultural crops. One breeding cycle …
Breeding and genetics of disease resistance in temperate fruit trees: challenges and new opportunities
A Khan, SS Korban - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2022 - Springer
Climate change, large monocultures of disease-susceptible cultivars, overuse of pesticides,
and the emergence of new pathogens or pathogenic strains causing economic losses are all …
and the emergence of new pathogens or pathogenic strains causing economic losses are all …
Genomic selection in cereal breeding
CD Robertsen, RL Hjortshøj, LL Janss - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Genomic Selection (GS) is a method in plant breeding to predict the genetic value of
untested lines based on genome-wide marker data. The method has been widely explored …
untested lines based on genome-wide marker data. The method has been widely explored …
Genomic quantitative genetics to study evolution in the wild
Quantitative genetic theory provides a means of estimating the evolutionary potential of
natural populations. However, this approach was previously only feasible in systems where …
natural populations. However, this approach was previously only feasible in systems where …
Assessing the expected response to genomic selection of individuals and families in Eucalyptus breeding with an additive-dominant model
We report a genomic selection (GS) study of growth and wood quality traits in an outbred F 2
hybrid Eucalyptus population (n= 768) using high-density single-nucleotide polymorphism …
hybrid Eucalyptus population (n= 768) using high-density single-nucleotide polymorphism …
Genomic prediction for hastening and improving efficiency of forward selection in conifer polycross mating designs: an example from white spruce
PRN Lenz, S Nadeau, A Azaiez, S Gérardi… - Heredity, 2020 - nature.com
Genomic selection (GS) has a large potential for improving the prediction accuracy of
breeding values and significantly reducing the length of breeding cycles. In this context, the …
breeding values and significantly reducing the length of breeding cycles. In this context, the …
RADseq approaches and applications for forest tree genetics
As tree species vary extensively in genome size, complexity, and resource development,
reduced representation methods have been increasingly employed for the generation of …
reduced representation methods have been increasingly employed for the generation of …
Phenotyping whole forests will help to track genetic performance
Phenotyping is the accurate and precise physical description of organisms. Accurate and
quantitative phenotyping underpins the delivery of benefits from genetic improvement …
quantitative phenotyping underpins the delivery of benefits from genetic improvement …
Improving genomic prediction of growth and wood traits in Eucalyptus using phenotypes from non-genotyped trees by single-step GBLUP
EP Cappa, BM de Lima, OB da Silva-Junior, CC Garcia… - Plant Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Genomic Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (GBLUP) in tree breeding typically only
uses information from genotyped trees. However, information from phenotyped but non …
uses information from genotyped trees. However, information from phenotyped but non …
Genomic relationships reveal significant dominance effects for growth in hybrid Eucalyptus
Non-additive genetic effects can be effectively exploited in control-pollinated families with
the availability of genome-wide markers. We used 41,304 SNP markers and compared …
the availability of genome-wide markers. We used 41,304 SNP markers and compared …