Yong Jiang

TL;DR: This work resequenced and analyzed 994 pearl millet lines, enabling insights into population structure, genetic diversity and domestication, and establishes marker trait associations for genomic selection, to define heterotic pools, and to predict hybrid performance.

TL;DR: The analysis of genome-wide genotyping-by-sequencing data for almost all barley accessions of the German ex situ genebank provides insights into the global population structure of domesticated barley and points out redundancies and coverage gaps in one of the world’s major genebanks.

TL;DR: It is concluded that prediction accuracy can be improved by modeling epistasis for selfing species but may not for outcrossing species, and why the RKHS model based on a Gaussian kernel captures epistatic effects among markers.

TL;DR: The elaborated causal models represent a fundamental step to explain flowering time in barley and confirm that the exotic biodiversity present in HEB-25 is a valuable toolbox to dissect the genetic architecture of important agronomic traits and to replenish the elite barley breeding pool with favorable, trait-improving exotic alleles.

TL;DR: It is shown that hybrid wheat breeding based on the identified heterotic pattern can boost grain yield through the exploitation of heterosis and enhance recurrent selection gain.