Genomic prediction for 25 agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa are very important to forage industry. Genomic prediction based on genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) data could shorten the breeding cycles and accelerate the genetic gains of these complex traits, if they display moderate to high prediction accuracies. The aim o...

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Autores principales: Jia, C., Zhao, F., Wang, X., Han Jianlin, Zhao, H., Liu, G., Wang, Z.
Formato: Journal Article
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98969
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author Jia, C.
Zhao, F.
Wang, X.
Han Jianlin
Zhao, H.
Liu, G.
Wang, Z.
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Jia, C.
Liu, G.
Wang, X.
Wang, Z.
Zhao, F.
Zhao, H.
author_facet Jia, C.
Zhao, F.
Wang, X.
Han Jianlin
Zhao, H.
Liu, G.
Wang, Z.
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description Agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa are very important to forage industry. Genomic prediction based on genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) data could shorten the breeding cycles and accelerate the genetic gains of these complex traits, if they display moderate to high prediction accuracies. The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive potentials of these traits in alfalfa. A total of 322 genotypes from 75 alfalfa accessions were used for genomic prediction of the agronomic and quality traits, which were related to yield and nutrition value, respectively, using BayesA, BayesB, and BayesCπ methods. Ten-fold cross validation was used to evaluate the accuracy of genomic prediction represented by the correlation between genomic estimated breeding value (GEBV) and estimated breeding value (EBV). The accuracies ranged from 0.0021 to 0.6485 for different traits. For each trait, three genomic prediction methods displayed similar prediction accuracies. Among 15 quality traits, mineral element Ca had a moderate and the highest prediction accuracy (0.34). NDF digestibility after 48 hours (NDFD48h) and 30 hours (NDFD30h) and mineral element Mg had prediction accuracies varying from 0.20 to 0.25. Other traits, for example, fat and crude protein, showed low prediction accuracies (0.05 to 0.19). Among 10 agronomic traits, however, some displayed relatively high prediction accuracies. Plant height in fall (FH) had the highest prediction accuracy (0.65), followed by flowering date (FD) and plant regrowth (PR) with accuracies at 0.52 and 0.51, respectively. Leaf to stem ratio (LS), plant branch (PB), and biomass yield reached to moderate prediction accuracies ranging from 0.25 to 0.32. Our results revealed that a few agronomic traits, such as FH, FD, and PR, had relatively high prediction accuracies, therefore it is feasible to apply genomic selection for these traits in alfalfa breeding programs. Because of the limitations of population size and density of SNP markers, several traits displayed low accuracies which could be improved by a bigger reference population, higher density of SNP markers, and more powerful statistic tools.
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spelling CGSpace989692024-10-03T07:40:47Z Genomic prediction for 25 agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Jia, C. Zhao, F. Wang, X. Han Jianlin Zhao, H. Liu, G. Wang, Z. animal feeding crops legumes mixed farming Agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa are very important to forage industry. Genomic prediction based on genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) data could shorten the breeding cycles and accelerate the genetic gains of these complex traits, if they display moderate to high prediction accuracies. The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive potentials of these traits in alfalfa. A total of 322 genotypes from 75 alfalfa accessions were used for genomic prediction of the agronomic and quality traits, which were related to yield and nutrition value, respectively, using BayesA, BayesB, and BayesCπ methods. Ten-fold cross validation was used to evaluate the accuracy of genomic prediction represented by the correlation between genomic estimated breeding value (GEBV) and estimated breeding value (EBV). The accuracies ranged from 0.0021 to 0.6485 for different traits. For each trait, three genomic prediction methods displayed similar prediction accuracies. Among 15 quality traits, mineral element Ca had a moderate and the highest prediction accuracy (0.34). NDF digestibility after 48 hours (NDFD48h) and 30 hours (NDFD30h) and mineral element Mg had prediction accuracies varying from 0.20 to 0.25. Other traits, for example, fat and crude protein, showed low prediction accuracies (0.05 to 0.19). Among 10 agronomic traits, however, some displayed relatively high prediction accuracies. Plant height in fall (FH) had the highest prediction accuracy (0.65), followed by flowering date (FD) and plant regrowth (PR) with accuracies at 0.52 and 0.51, respectively. Leaf to stem ratio (LS), plant branch (PB), and biomass yield reached to moderate prediction accuracies ranging from 0.25 to 0.32. Our results revealed that a few agronomic traits, such as FH, FD, and PR, had relatively high prediction accuracies, therefore it is feasible to apply genomic selection for these traits in alfalfa breeding programs. Because of the limitations of population size and density of SNP markers, several traits displayed low accuracies which could be improved by a bigger reference population, higher density of SNP markers, and more powerful statistic tools. 2018-08-20 2019-01-09T07:06:59Z 2019-01-09T07:06:59Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98969 en Open Access Frontiers Media Jia, C., Zhao, F., Wang, X., Han, J., Zhao, H., Liu, G. and Wang, Z. 2018. Genomic prediction for 25 agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Frontiers in Plant Science 9:1220.
spellingShingle animal feeding
crops
legumes
mixed farming
Jia, C.
Zhao, F.
Wang, X.
Han Jianlin
Zhao, H.
Liu, G.
Wang, Z.
Genomic prediction for 25 agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
title Genomic prediction for 25 agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
title_full Genomic prediction for 25 agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
title_fullStr Genomic prediction for 25 agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
title_full_unstemmed Genomic prediction for 25 agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
title_short Genomic prediction for 25 agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
title_sort genomic prediction for 25 agronomic and quality traits in alfalfa medicago sativa
topic animal feeding
crops
legumes
mixed farming
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98969
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