Simultaneous selection for grain yield and protein content in genomics-assisted wheat breeding.

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Large genetic improvement can be achieved by simultaneous genomic selection for grain yield and protein content when combining different breeding strategies in the form of selection indices. Genomic selection has been implemented in many national and international breeding programmes in recent years. Numerous studies have shown the potential of this new breeding tool; few have, however, taken the simultaneous selection for multiple traits into account that is though common practice in breeding programmes. The simultaneous improvement in grain yield and protein content is thereby a major challenge in wheat breeding due to a severe negative trade-off. Accordingly, the potential and limits of multi-trait selection for this particular trait complex utilizing the vast phenot

SUBMITTER: Michel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6531418 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature