Accelerating genetic gain through early-stage on-farm sparse testing
Christian R. Werner, Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Teshale Assefa, Jill E. Cairns, G. N. Atlin
Abstract
Most African crop breeding programs conduct early-stage selection at very few research stations, which may not reflect smallholder farm conditions. Early-stage on-farm sparse testing utilizes genomic relationships to shift selection from research stations to hundreds of farms in the target population of environments, facilitating increased genetic gain in farmers' fields.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyStage (stratigraphy)Genetic testingComputational biologyBiotechnologyEvolutionary biologyGeneticsPaleontologyWheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyGenetics and Plant BreedingGenetically Modified Organisms Research