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Chapter 6: Role and challenges of the private seed sector in developing and disseminating climate-smart crop varieties in Eastern and Southern Africa
(Springer, 2019)
To address climate change (CC) in eastern and southern Africa (ESA) will require accelerated development and dissemination of crop varieties with climate-smart (CS) traits over the coming decades. However, investment in ...
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Chapter 2. The linear phenotypic selection index theory
(Springer, 2018)
The main distinction in the linear phenotypic selection index (LPSI) theory is between the net genetic merit and the LPSI. The net genetic merit is a linear combination of the true unobservable breeding values of the traits ...
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Chapter 3. Constrained linear phenotypic selection indices
(Springer, 2018)
The linear phenotypic selection index (LPSI), the null restricted LPSI (RLPSI), and the predetermined proportional gains LPSI (PPG-LPSI) are the main phenotypic selection indices used to predict the net genetic merit and ...
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Chapter 4. Linear marker and genome-wide selection indices
(Springer, 2018)
There are two main linear marker selection indices employed in marker-assisted selection (MAS) to predict the net genetic merit and to select individual candidates as parents for the next generation: the linear marker ...
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Chapter 1. General introduction
(Springer, 2018)
We describe the main characteristics of two approaches to the linear selection indices theory. The first approach is called standard linear selection indices whereas the second of them is called eigen selection index ...