The biomass demand to fuel a growing global bio-based economy is expected to
tremendously increase over the next decades, and projections indicate that dedicated …

Long-term climate change and periodic environmental extremes threaten food and fuel
security and global crop productivity,–. Although molecular and adaptive breeding strategies …

The usefulness of genomic prediction in crop and livestock breeding programs has
prompted efforts to develop new and improved genomic prediction algorithms, such as …

Genetic improvement through breeding is one of the key approaches to increasing biomass
supply. This paper documents the breeding progress to date for four perennial biomass …

Abstract Key message Maximizing CDmean and Avg_GRM_self were the best criteria for
training set optimization. A training set size of 50–55%(targeted) or 65–85%(untargeted) is …

Local adaptation is the process by which natural selection drives adaptive phenotypic
divergence across environmental gradients. Theory suggests that local adaptation results …

Repeated herbicide applications in agricultural fields exert strong selection on weeds such
as blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides), which is a major threat for temperate climate …

The lowland ecotype of switchgrass has generated considerable interest because of its
higher biomass yield and late flowering characteristics compared to the upland ecotype …

Low-temperature related abiotic stress is an important factor affecting winter survival in
lowland switchgrass when grown in northern latitudes in the United States. A better …

Abstract Development of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) as a sustainable biomass crop
for conversion to bioenergy requires substantial increases in biomass yield. Because …