Assessing combining abilities, genomic data, and genotype × environment interactions to predict hybrid grain sorghum performance

Autor: Jales M. O. Fonseca, Patricia E. Klein, Jose Crossa, Angela Pacheco, Paulino Perez‐Rodriguez, Perumal Ramasamy, Robert Klein, William L Rooney
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Plant Genome, Vol 14, Iss 3, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1940-3372
DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20127
Popis: Abstract Genomic selection in maize (Zea mays L.) has been one factor that has increased the rate of genetic gain when compared with other cereals. However, the technological foundations in maize also exist in other cereal crops that would allow prediction of hybrid performance based on general (GCA) and specific (SCA) combining abilities applied through genomic‐enabled prediction models. Further, the incorporation of genotype × environment (G × E) interaction effects present an opportunity to deploy hybrids to targeted environments. To test these concepts, a factorial mating design of elite yet divergent grain sorghum lines generated hybrids for evaluation. Inbred parents were genotyped, and markers were used to assess population structure and develop the genomic relationship matrix (GRM). Grain yield, height, and days to anthesis were collected for hybrids in replicated trials, and best linear unbiased estimates were used to train classical GCA‐SCA–based and genomic (GB) models under a hierarchical Bayesian framework. To incorporate population structure, GB was fitted using the GRM of both parents and hybrids. For GB models, G × E interaction effects were included by the Hadamard product between GRM and environments. A leave‐one‐out cross‐validation scheme was used to study the prediction capacity of models. Classical and genomic models effectively predicted hybrid performance and prediction accuracy increased by including genomic data. Genomic models effectively partitioned the variation due to GCA, SCA, and their interaction with the environment. A strategy to implement genomic selection for hybrid sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] breeding is presented herein.
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