Agronomy, 2016 Molecular breeding tools, such as genetic modification, provide forage plant breeders with the opportunity to incorporate high value traits into breeding programs which, in some cases, would not be available using any other methodology.
Pieter E. Badenhorst +2 more
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Effects of the Breeding Strategy Beef-on-Dairy at Animal, Farm and Sector Levels. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Simple Summary Multiple factors including decreasing milk prices and rising demand for high-quality beef have resulted in augmented utilization of beef sires in dairy herds. This breeding strategy, which is commonly referred to as Beef-on-dairy (BoD), is
Ahmed RH +3 more
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Microbiome-driven breeding strategy potentially improves beef fatty acid profile benefiting human health and reduces methane emissions. [PDF]
Microbiome, 2022 Background Healthier ruminant products can be achieved by adequate manipulation of the rumen microbiota to increase the flux of beneficial fatty acids reaching host tissues.
Martínez-Álvaro M +8 more
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Designing the best breeding strategy for Coffea canephora: Genetic evaluation of pure and hybrid individuals aiming to select for productivity and disease resistance traits. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Breeding programs of the species Coffea canephora rely heavily on the significant genetic variability between and within its two varietal groups (conilon and robusta). The use of hybrid families and individuals has been less common.
Alkimim ER +8 more
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Molecular Breeding Strategy and Challenges Towards Improvement of Downy Mildew Resistance in Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.). [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2021 Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.) is one of the important, nutritious and healthy vegetable crops grown and consumed worldwide. But its production is constrained by several destructive fungal diseases and most importantly, downy mildew ...
Shaw RK +6 more
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Impact of Genomic Prediction Model, Selection Intensity, and Breeding Strategy on the Long-Term Genetic Gain and Genetic Erosion in Soybean Breeding. [PDF]
Front Genet, 2021 Genomic-assisted breeding has become an important tool in soybean breeding. However, the impact of different genomic selection (GS) approaches on short- and long-term gains is not well understood. Such gains are conditional on the breeding design and may
da Silva ÉDB, Xavier A, Faria MV.
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Simulations of multiple breeding strategy scenarios in common bean for assessing genomic selection accuracy and model updating. [PDF]
Plant GenomeThe aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the ridge regression best linear unbiased prediction model across different traits, parent population sizes, and breeding strategies when estimating breeding values in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
Chiaravallotti I +7 more
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Optimal Breeding Strategy for Livestock with a Dynamic Price
Mathematics, 2022 China’s livestock output has been growing, but domestic livestock products such as beef, mutton and pork have been unable to meet domestic consumers’ demands. The imbalance between supply and demand causes unstable livestock prices and affects profits on
Lei Wang +3 more
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The breeding strategy of female jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas: energy acquisition and allocation. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Reproductive investment generally involves a trade-off between somatic growth and energy allocation for reproduction. Previous studies have inferred that jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas support growth during maturation through continuous feeding (an “income”
Chen X, Han F, Zhu K, Punt AE, Lin D.
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QuLinePlus: extending plant breeding strategy and genetic model simulation to cross-pollinated populations-case studies in forage breeding. [PDF]
Heredity (Edinb), 2019 Plant breeders are supported by a range of tools that assist them to make decisions about the conduct or design of plant breeding programs. Simulations are a strategic tool that enables the breeder to integrate the multiple components of a breeding ...
Hoyos-Villegas V +7 more
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