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CASSAVA BREEDING I: THE VALUE OF BREEDING VALUE [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016 Breeding cassava relies on several selection stages (single row trial-SRT; preliminary; advanced; and uniform yield trials - UYT). This study uses data from 14 years of evaluations. From more than 20,000 genotypes initially evaluated only 114 reached the
Hernán Ceballos +7 more
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Quantitative trait loci identification and breeding value estimation of grain weight-related traits based on a new wheat 50K single nucleotide polymorphism array-derived genetic map [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Mining novel and less utilized thousand grain weight (TGW) related genes are useful for improving wheat yield. In this study, a recombinant inbred line population from a cross between Zhongkemai 138 (ZKM138, high TGW) and Chuanmai 44 (CM44, low TGW) was ...
Xiaofeng Liu +14 more
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Effect of errors in pedigree on the accuracy of estimated breeding value for carcass traits in Korean Hanwoo cattle [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2020 Objective This study evaluated the effect of pedigree errors (PEs) on the accuracy of estimated breeding value (EBV) and genetic gain for carcass traits in Korean Hanwoo cattle.
Chiemela Peter Nwogwugwu +8 more
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Understanding the Basics of EPDs
EDIS, 2023 The purpose of this publication is to provide basic concepts and practical examples to help beef producers and their advisors make informed selection decisions using expected progeny difference (EPD) information. Written by Fernanda M.
Fernanda Rezende +3 more
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Animal, 2020 In the middle of the 20th century, increasing inbreeding rates were identified as a threat to livestock breeding. Consequences include reduced fertility, fitness and phenotypic expression of lethal alleles. An important step in mitigating this inbreeding
S. Kohl, R. Wellmann, P. Herold
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Significance of breeding value indicators for prediction of milk yield [PDF]
Технологія виробництва і переробки продуктів тваринництва, 2022 A comparative assessment of the significance of various indicators of the breeding value of breeding bulls for predicting milk yield in the highly productive herd of the farm economy "Alfa" was carried out.
Shablia V. +4 more
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Animal, 2020 Vorderwald cattle are a regional cattle breed from the Black Forest in south western Germany. In recent decades, commercial breeds have been introgressed to upgrade the breed in performance traits.
S. Kohl, R. Wellmann, P. Herold
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Зерновое хозяйство России, 2020 The current paper has presented a material on agroecological estimation of the new soybean lines developed in the Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy”.
A. R. Ashiev +2 more
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Animals, 2022 The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of imported semen of Holstein bulls from different countries on the economic traits of their daughters using the Lifetime Net Income (LNI) index in various climates of Iran.
Masume Nazari +3 more
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Genetic progress evaluation of growth traits in Moghani sheep [PDF]
Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry, 2023 For evaluation of growth traits' genetic progress, pedigree information of 39408 Moghani sheep, between 1986 to 2016, at the breeding station of Moghani sheep was used.
Esrafili Taze Kand Mohammaddiyeh Maryam +1 more
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