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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2021

Prediction of Maize Phenotypic Traits With Genomic and Environmental Predictors Using Gradient Boosting Frameworks.

Cathy C Westhues, Gregory S Mahone, Sofia da Silva, Patrick Thorwarth, Malthe Schmidt, Jan-Christoph Richter, Henner Simianer, Timothy M Beissinger

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cathy C WesthuesDivision of Plant Breeding Methodology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
Gregory S MahoneKleinwanzlebener Saatzucht (KWS) SAAT SE, Einbeck, Germany.
Sofia da SilvaKleinwanzlebener Saatzucht (KWS) SAAT SE, Einbeck, Germany.
Patrick ThorwarthKleinwanzlebener Saatzucht (KWS) SAAT SE, Einbeck, Germany.
Malthe SchmidtKleinwanzlebener Saatzucht (KWS) SAAT SE, Einbeck, Germany.
Jan-Christoph RichterKleinwanzlebener Saatzucht (KWS) SAAT SE, Einbeck, Germany.
Henner SimianerCenter for Integrated Breeding Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
Timothy M BeissingerDivision of Plant Breeding Methodology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
KWS Saat (Germany) · DEUniversity of Göttingen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of crop varieties with stable performance in future environmental conditions represents a critical challenge in the context of climate change. Environmental data collected at the field level, such as soil and climatic information, can be relevant to improve predictive ability in genomic prediction models by describing more precisely genotype-by-environment interactions, which represent a key component of the phenotypic response for complex crop agronomic traits. Modern predictive modeling approaches can efficiently handle various data types and are able to capture complex nonlinear relationships in large datasets. In particular, machine learning techniques have gained substantial interest in recent years. Here we examined the predictive ability of machine learning-based models for two phenotypic traits in maize using data collected by the Maize Genomes to Fields (G2F) Initiative. The data we analyzed consisted of multi-environment trials (METs) dispersed across the United States and Canada from 2014 to 2017. An assortment of soil- and weather-related variables was derived and used in prediction models alongside genotypic data. Linear random effects models were compared to a linear regularized regression method (

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genomic predictiongenotype-by-environment interactionsgradient boostingmachine learningmaizeplant breedingyield

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