Can we harness digital technologies and physiology to hasten genetic gain in US maize breeding?

Modeling Illustrates That Genomic Selection Provides New Opportunities for Intercrop Breeding

(2021) Jon Bančič et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Tackling G × E × M interactions to close on-farm yield-gaps: creating novel pathways for crop improvement by predicting contributions of genetics and management to crop productivity

(2021) Mark Cooper et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

On the needs for combining physiological principles and mathematics to improve crop models

(2021) Xinyou Yin et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Reproductive resilience but not root architecture underpins yield improvement under drought in maize

(2021) Carlos Messina et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Addressing Research Bottlenecks to Crop Productivity

(2021) Matthew Reynolds et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Integrating genetic gain and gap analysis to predict improvements in crop productivity

(2020) Mark Cooper et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Designing crops for adaptation to the drought and high temperature risks anticipated in future climates

(2020) G.L. Hammer et al.   CROP SCIENCE

CGIAR modeling approaches for resource‐constrained scenarios: I. Accelerating crop breeding for a changing climate

(2020) Julian Ramirez‐Villegas et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Root length density of cereal and grain legume crops grown in diverse rotations

(2020) Shannon L. Osborne et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Predictive breeding for maize: Making use of molecular phenotypes, machine learning, and physiological crop models

(2020) Jacob D. Washburn et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Combining Crop Growth Modeling With Trait-Assisted Prediction Improved the Prediction of Genotype by Environment Interactions

(2020) Pauline Robert et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Genotype x environment interaction analysis of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) grain yield across production environments in Southern Africa

(2020) Bubala Mwiinga et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Spectral phenotyping of physiological and anatomical leaf traits related with maize water status

(2020) Lorenzo Cotrozzi et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Genomic prediction of maize yield across European environmental conditions

(2019) Emilie J. Millet et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Doubled haploid technology for line development in maize: technical advances and prospects

(2019) Vijay Chaikam et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Leveraging biological insight and environmental variation to improve phenotypic prediction: Integrating crop growth models (CGM) with whole genome prediction (WGP)

(2018) C.D. Messina et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Maize and soybean root front velocity and maximum depth in Iowa, USA

(2018) Raziel A. Ordóñez et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Modelling strategies for assessing and increasing the effectiveness of new phenotyping techniques in plant breeding

(2018) Fred van Eeuwijk et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Genomic and environmental determinants and their interplay underlying phenotypic plasticity

(2018) Xin Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Translating High-Throughput Phenotyping into Genetic Gain

(2018) José Luis Araus et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Accelerating crop genetic gains with genomic selection

(2018) Kai Peter Voss-Fels et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Uncovering the hidden half of plants using new advances in root phenotyping

(2018) Jonathan A Atkinson et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

TIPS: a system for automated image-based phenotyping of maize tassels

(2017) Joseph L. Gage et al.   Plant Methods

Parent-progeny imputation from pooled samples for cost-efficient genotyping in plant breeding

(2017) Frank Technow et al.   PLoS One

Root system-based limits to agricultural productivity and efficiency: the farming systems context

(2016) Kristian Thorup-Kristensen et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Use of Crop Growth Models with Whole-Genome Prediction: Application to a Maize Multienvironment Trial

(2016) Mark Cooper et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Root distribution by depth for temperate agricultural crops

(2016) Jianling Fan et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Hybrid variation for root system efficiency in maize: potential links to drought adaptation

(2016) Erik J. van Oosterom et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

The growth of vegetative and reproductive structures (leaves and silks) respond similarly to hydraulic cues in maize

(2016) Olivier Turc et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High-Throughput Phenotyping of Maize Leaf Physiological and Biochemical Traits Using Hyperspectral Reflectance

(2016) Craig R. Yendrek et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Canopy Temperature and Vegetation Indices from High-Throughput Phenotyping Improve Accuracy of Pedigree and Genomic Selection for Grain Yield in Wheat

(2016) Jessica Rutkoski et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Limited-Transpiration Trait May Increase Maize Drought Tolerance in the US Corn Belt

(2015) Carlos D. Messina et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Industry-Scale Evaluation of Maize Hybrids Selected for Increased Yield in Drought-Stress Conditions of the US Corn Belt

(2015) Jim Gaffney et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Breeding-assisted genomics

(2015) Jesse Poland   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Soil water capture trends over 50 years of single-cross maize (Zea maysL.) breeding in the US corn-belt

(2015) Andres Reyes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Using Bayesian Multilevel Whole Genome Regression Models for Partial Pooling of Training Sets in Genomic Prediction

(2015) Frank Technow et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

Integrating Crop Growth Models with Whole Genome Prediction through Approximate Bayesian Computation

(2015) Frank Technow et al.   PLoS One

Hydraulic Conductance of Maize Hybrids Differing in Transpiration Response to Vapor Pressure Deficit

(2014) Choudhary Sunita et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Evaluation of Genomic Selection Training Population Designs and Genotyping Strategies in Plant Breeding Programs Using Simulation

(2014) John M. Hickey et al.   CROP SCIENCE

APSIM – Evolution towards a new generation of agricultural systems simulation

(2014) Dean P. Holzworth et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

Breeding drought-tolerant maize hybrids for the US corn-belt: discovery to product

(2014) Mark Cooper et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Predicting the future of plant breeding: complementing empirical evaluation with genetic prediction

(2014) Mark Cooper et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Steep, cheap and deep: an ideotype to optimize water and N acquisition by maize root systems

(2013) Jonathan P. Lynch   ANNALS OF BOTANY

U.S. Climate Reference Network Soil Moisture and Temperature Observations

(2013) Jesse E. Bell et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY

Yield Trends Are Insufficient to Double Global Crop Production by 2050

(2013) Deepak K. Ray et al.   PLoS One

Integrating environmental covariates and crop modeling into the genomic selection framework to predict genotype by environment interactions

(2013) Nicolas Heslot et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Accuracy of Genomewide Selection for Different Traits with Constant Population Size, Heritability, and Number of Markers

(2013) Emily Combs et al.   Plant Genome

Yield gap analysis with local to global relevance—A review

(2012) Martin K. van Ittersum et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding: A Comparison of Models

(2011) Nicolas Heslot et al.   CROP SCIENCE

A Robust, Simple Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) Approach for High Diversity Species

(2011) Robert J. Elshire et al.   PLoS One

Evaluation of genome-wide selection efficiency in maize nested association mapping populations

(2011) Zhigang Guo et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Yield–trait performance landscapes: from theory to application in breeding maize for drought tolerance

(2010) Carlos D. Messina et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Morphological and architectural development of root systems in sorghum and maize

(2010) Vijaya Singh et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Simulating the Yield Impacts of Organ-Level Quantitative Trait Loci Associated With Drought Response in Maize: A “Gene-to-Phenotype” Modeling Approach

(2009) Karine Chenu et al.   GENETICS