Application of Pedimap: a pedigree visualization tool to facilitate the decisioning of rice breeding in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT: The development of rice cultivars with desirable traits is essential. The decision-making is a crucial step in rice breeding programs. Breeders can make efficient and pragmatic decisions if an organized pedigree visualization platform is available for the accessions and cultivars in rice breeding germplasm. In the present study, the available data of all the rice varieties released by Rice Research and Development Institute, Sri Lanka, and the related landraces and genotypes were arranged in Pedimap, a pedigree visualization tool. Pedimap can showcase pedigree relationships, phenotypic, and molecular data. The identity by descent probabilities were calculated using FlexQTL software and included in the Pedimap database. The parentage selection based on the variations of phenotypic traits, s

SUBMITTER: Rathnayake R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7459290 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature