Genomic selection in tropical perennial crops and plantation trees: a review.

ABSTRACT: To overcome the multiple challenges currently faced by agriculture, such as climate change and soil deterioration, more efficient plant breeding strategies are required. Genomic selection (GS) is crucial for the genetic improvement of quantitative traits, as it can increase selection intensity, shorten the generation interval, and improve selection accuracy for traits that are difficult to phenotype. Tropical perennial crops and plantation trees are of major economic importance and have consequently been the subject of many GS articles. In this review, we discuss the factors that affect GS accuracy (statistical models, linkage disequilibrium, information concerning markers, relatedness between training and target populations, the size of the training population, and trait heritability) and

SUBMITTER: Seyum EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10248687 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature