A guide to plant breeding for animal breeders

Over the years, some animal breeding PhD graduates have found employment in major plant breeding companies, but this shift is often accompanied by culture shock. Animal breeding expertise, particularly in genomic prediction and mixed-model analysis, is valuable but insufficient for a straightforward...

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Autores: Perez-Enciso, Miguel|||0000-0003-3524-995X, Bernardo, Rex
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:uabarcelona_::31b24a1ca028f70887458e52f9dc1e98
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/327575
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkag059
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Animal breeding
Artificial intelligence
Genomic prediction
Genotype × environment interaction
Plant breeding
Teaching
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Sumario:Over the years, some animal breeding PhD graduates have found employment in major plant breeding companies, but this shift is often accompanied by culture shock. Animal breeding expertise, particularly in genomic prediction and mixed-model analysis, is valuable but insufficient for a straightforward transition to plant breeding. We stress two main limitations of an animal breeders training from a plant breeding perspective, and both stem from the ability to replicate plant genotypes: design and analysis of field experiments, and genotype by environment interaction. Besides genomic prediction and simulation, we argue that artificial intelligence and phenomics will further increase commonality between fields.