The breeding value was estimated from grade Holstein Friesian for milk yield at 305 days (305MY), percent fat (FP), and total fat yield (FY) in kilogram. Animals were raised under Thai small farm conditions each of 10 to 30 heads per household. The data were collected during the years 1972 to 1998 from the joint cooperation between Kasetsart University (KU) and the Dairy Farming Promotion Organ...

Article history: Received 7 October 2009 Accepted 21 January 2010 Available online 28 January 2010

Having recognized that variation around the population-level "Golden Mean" of labile traits contains biologically meaningful information, behavioural ecologists have focused increasingly on exploring the causes and consequences of individual variation in behaviour. These are exciting new directions for the field, assisted in no small part by the adoption of mixed-effects modelling techniques th...

We evaluated the efficiency of the best linear unbiased predictor (BLUP) and the influence of the use of similarity in state (SIS) and similarity by descent (SBD) in the prediction of untested maize hybrids. Nine inbred lines of maize were crossed using a randomized complete diallel method. These materials were genotyped with 48 microsatellite markers (SSR) associated with the QTL regions for g...

Many commercial inbred lines are available in crops. A large amount of genetic variation is preserved among these lines. The genealogical history of the inbred lines is usually well documented. However, quantitative trait loci (QTL) responsible for the genetic variances among the lines are largely unexplored due to lack of statistical methods. In this study, we show that the pedigree informatio...

The records of 1085 crossbred cattle daughters of 57 sires maintained during 1974-2004 at Instructional Dairy Farm of Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India were used to evaluate sires for first lactation performance traits. The data were analyzed to estimate the breeding values of sires using least squares methods (LSM), best linear unbiased p...

The aim of this study was to estimate the genetic parameters and predict the genotypic values of root quality traits in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) using restricted maximum likelihood (REML) and best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP). A total of 471 cassava accessions were evaluated over two years of cultivation. The evaluated traits included amylose content (AML), root dry matter (DMC),...

Increasing the maize production capacity to ensure food security is still primary goal of global planting. The purpose this study was evaluate genotypes with high yield and stability in summer hybrids grown Huanghuaihai region China using additive main effects multiplicative interaction (AMMI) analysis best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) technique. A total 18 one check hybrid were used for a...