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ArticleGenome biology2021

LightGBM: accelerated genomically designed crop breeding through ensemble learning.

Jun Yan, Yuetong Xu, Qian Cheng, Shuqin Jiang, Qian Wang, Yingjie Xiao, Chuang Ma, Jianbing Yan, Xiangfeng Wang

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Article in Genome biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Jun Yan *National Maize Improvement Center, Department of Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
Yuetong Xu *National Maize Improvement Center, Department of Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
Qian ChengKey Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China.
Shuqin JiangNational Maize Improvement Center, Department of Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
Qian WangNational Maize Improvement Center, Department of Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
Yingjie XiaoNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Chuang MaKey Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, China.
Jianbing YanNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. yjianbing@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Xiangfeng WangNational Maize Improvement Center, Department of Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China. xwang@cau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6406-5597

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

LightGBM is an ensemble model of decision trees for classification and regression prediction. We demonstrate its utility in genomic selection-assisted breeding with a large dataset of inbred and hybrid maize lines. LightGBM exhibits superior performance in terms of prediction precision, model stability, and computing efficiency through a series of benchmark tests. We also assess the factors that are essential to ensure the best performance of genomic selection prediction by taking complex scenarios in crop hybrid breeding into account. LightGBM has been implemented as a toolbox, CropGBM, encompassing multiple novel functions and analytical modules to facilitate genomically designed breeding in crops.

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Machine LearningSoftwareCrops, AgriculturalDecision TreesGenome-Wide Association StudyGenomicsPlant BreedingPolymorphism, Single NucleotideZea maysCrop breedingEnsemble learningGenomic predictionGenomic selectionLightGBMMachine learningMaizerrBLUP

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PMID34544450
PMCPMC8451137

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