Crop populations derived from experimental crosses enable the genetic dissection of
complex traits and support modern plant breeding. Among these, multi-parent populations …

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 …

Rice (Oryza sativa) provides a staple food source for more than half the world population.
However, the current pace of rice breeding in yield growth is insufficient to meet the food …

Today's increasingly unequal and resource intensive development model degrades and
surpasses Earth's finite capacity to sustain human well-being. Society must restore this …

Genomic selection is being used increasingly in plant breeding to accelerate genetic gain
per unit time. One of the most important applications of genomic selection in maize breeding …

Twelve years have passed since the early outlooks of applying genomic selection (GS) to
forest tree breeding, initially based on deterministic simulations, soon followed by empirical …

Key message The optimization of training populations and the use of diagnostic markers as
fixed effects increase the predictive ability of genomic prediction models in a cooperative …

Untangling the genetic architecture of grain yield (GY) and yield stability is an important
determining factor to optimize genomics-assisted selection strategies in wheat. We …

In plant and animal breeding, genomic prediction models are established to select new lines
based on genomic data, without the need for laborious phenotyping. Prediction models can …

Main conclusion Genomic selection and its importance in crop breeding. Integration of GS
with new breeding tools and developing SOP for GS to achieve maximum genetic gain with …