Machine learning algorithms translate big data into predictive breeding accuracy

J Crossa, OA Montesinos-Lopez, G Costa-Neto… - Trends in Plant …, 2024 - cell.com
Statistical machine learning (ML) extracts patterns from extensive genomic, phenotypic, and
environmental data. ML algorithms automatically identify relevant features and use cross …

Enviromic assembly increases accuracy and reduces costs of the genomic prediction for yield plasticity in maize

G Costa-Neto, J Crossa, R Fritsche-Neto - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Quantitative genetics states that phenotypic variation is a consequence of the interaction
between genetic and environmental factors. Predictive breeding is based on this statement …

Next-Gen GWAS: full 2D epistatic interaction maps retrieve part of missing heritability and improve phenotypic prediction

C Carré, JB Carluer, C Chaux, C Estoup-Streiff… - Genome Biology, 2024 - Springer
The problem of missing heritability requires the consideration of genetic interactions among
different loci, called epistasis. Current GWAS statistical models require years to assess the …

Genomic prediction of synthetic hexaploid wheat upon tetraploid durum and diploid Aegilops parental pools

S Dreisigacker, JWR Martini, J Cuevas… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a globally important food crop, which was
domesticated about 8–10,000 years ago. Bread wheat is an allopolyploid, and it evolved …

Megavariate Methods Capture Complex Genotype-by-Environment Interactions

A Xavier, D Runcie, D Habier - Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Genomic prediction models that capture genotype-by-environment interaction are useful for
predicting site-specific performance by leveraging information among related individuals …

Estimation of complex-trait prediction accuracy from the different holo-omics interaction models

QR Qadri, Q Zhao, X Lai, Z Zhang, W Zhao, Y Pan… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Statistical models play a significant role in designing competent breeding programs related
to complex traits. Recently; the holo-omics framework has been productively utilized in trait …

Professor Heinz Neudecker and matrix differential calculus

S Liu, G Trenkler, T Kollo, D von Rosen, OM Baksalary - Statistical Papers, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The late Professor Heinz Neudecker (1933–2017) made significant contributions to
the development of matrix differential calculus and its applications to econometrics …

A simulation-based assessment of the efficiency of QTL mapping under environment and genotype x environment interaction effects

GS David, JMS Viana, KO das Graças Dias - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The objective of this simulation-based study was to assess how genes, environments, and
genotype x environment (GxE) interaction affect the quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping …

Linear mixed models

OA Montesinos López, A Montesinos López… - … learning methods for …, 2022 - Springer
The linear mixed model framework is explained in detail in this chapter. We explore three
methods of parameter estimation (maximum likelihood, EM algorithm, and REML) and …

Improving selection efficiency of crop breeding with genomic prediction aided sparse phenotyping

S He, Y Jiang, R Thistlethwaite, MJ Hayden… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Increasing the number of environments for phenotyping of crop lines in earlier stages of
breeding programs can improve selection accuracy. However, this is often not feasible due …