Genomic selection for crop improvement : new molecular breeding strategies for crop improvement

Genomic Selection for Crop Improvement serves as handbook for users by providing basic as well as advanced understandings of genomic selection. This useful review explains germplasm use, phenotyping evaluation, marker genotyping methods, and statistical models involved in genomic selection. It also...

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Other Authors Varshney, R. K. 1973- (Editor), Roorkiwal, Manish (Editor), Sorrells, M. E. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319631707
9783319631684
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Forward
  • Preface
  • Genomic Selection for Crop Improvement: An Introduction
  • Training population design and resource allocation for genomic selection in plant breeding
  • Derivation of Linear Models for Quantitative Traits by Bayesian Estimation with Gibbs Sampling
  • Bayesian genomic-enabled prediction models for ordinal and count data
  • Genomic Selection for Small Grains Improvement
  • Current status and prospects of genomic selection in legumes
  • Genomic Selection in Hybrid Breeding
  • Opportunities and Challenges to Implementing Genomic Selection in Clonally Propagated Crops
  • Status and perspectives of Genomic Selection in forest tree breeding.