To feed the several billion people living on this planet, the production of high-quality food
must increase with reduced inputs, but this accomplishment will be particularly challenging …

We intuitively believe that the dramatic drop in the cost of DNA marker information we have
experienced should have immediate benefits in accelerating the delivery of crop varieties …

A good statistical analysis of genotype× environment interactions (G× E) is a key
requirement for progress in any breeding program. Data for G× E analyses traditionally …

Association map** is a method for detection of gene effects based on linkage
disequilibrium (LD) that complements QTL analysis in the development of tools for molecular …

During the last two decades, DNA-based molecular markers have been extensively utilized
for a variety of studies in both plant and animal systems. One of the major uses of these …

Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) based on linkage disequilibrium
(LD) provide a promising tool for the detection and fine map** of quantitative trait loci …

Linkage disequilibrium (LD) map** in plants detects and locates quantitative trait loci
(QTL) by the strength of the correlation between a trait and a marker. It offers greater …

We compared the accuracies of four genomic-selection prediction methods as affected by
marker density, level of linkage disequilibrium (LD), quantitative trait locus (QTL) number …

Key message The number of SNPs required for QTL discovery is justified by the distance at
which linkage disequilibrium has decayed. Simulations and real potato SNP data showed …

Association-based trait map** is an innovative methodology based on linkage
disequilibrium. Studies in plants, especially in cereals, are rare. A genome-wide association …