Selection indexes based on genotypic values applied to Brazilian tropical wheat breeding

Selection index using the graphical area applied to sugarcane breeding.

This study aimed to develop a multivariate selection index based on the graphical area of a polygon formed by standardized values, also known as radar chart. This methodology may be used to assist selection of superior genotypes in sugarcane breeding programs. Seven technological traits in 37 sugarcane genotypes were evaluated. An area index (AI) was constructed and the resulting polygon areas ...

On the Index Selection Problem applied to Key oriented XML Indexes

In the world of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) indexes are used to accelerate specific queries. The selection of indexes is an important task in database-tuning which is performed by a database administrator or an index selection tool which suggests a set of suitable indexes. In this paper we transfer the concept of specific indexes to XML Database Management Systems (XDBMS) and...

A proposed selection index for feedlot profitability based on estimated breeding values.

It is generally accepted that feed intake and growth (gain) are the most important economic components when calculating profitability in a growth test or feedlot. We developed a single post-weaning growth (feedlot) index based on the economic values of different components. Variance components, heritabilities and genetic correlations for and between initial weight (IW), final weight (FW), feed ...

Genomic Selection in Wheat Breeding using Genotyping-by-Sequencing

21st century wheat breeding: plot selection or plate detection?

The publicly reported limited application of marker-assisted selection (MAS) in wheat breeding programmes to date is reviewed and contrasted with the current situation, in which it has increasingly become technically feasible to tag almost any gene with a microsatellite assay. Although this capability is starting to have an impact on the conduct of large breeding programmes, a much more profoun...