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ArticleHorticulture research2026

Integrating genomic additive relationship matrices improves the efficiency in diploid banana breeding.

Violet Akech, Rony Swennen, Therése Bengtsson, Rodomiro Ortiz, Stanley Bayo, Marnik Vuylsteke, Brigitte Uwimana, Allan Brown

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Violet AkechCrop Improvement Department, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kampala Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2330-0682
Rony SwennenCrop Improvement Department, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kampala Uganda.
Therése BengtssonDepartment of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden.
Rodomiro OrtizDepartment of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1739-7206
Stanley BayoCrop Improvement Department, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Arusha, Tanzania.
Marnik VuylstekeGnomixx B.V., Melle, Belgium.
Brigitte UwimanaCrop Improvement Department, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kampala Uganda.
Allan BrownCrop Improvement Department, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Arusha, Tanzania.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-002979
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Abstract

Partitioning of genetic variance into additive and non-additive components using the pedigree-based best linear unbiased prediction (P-BLUP) model is possible because of the family structure and replicated clones in clonally propagated crops, but this model may overestimate these components. However, the genomic best linear unbiased prediction (G-BLUP) method, which integrates the genetic relationship through molecular marker information reduces the overestimation. Alternatively, a combination of the P-BLUP and G-BLUP, sourcing to create a hybrid matrix that estimates hybrid best linear unbiased prediction (H-BLUP), is proposed. We investigated if integrating molecular information into the clonal model could improve the partitioning of the variance components leading to more accurate estimates of genetic parameters and prediction accuracy of breeding values of 14 key traits in diploid banana. In this study, we used clones of 14 full-sib families from a factorial mating design of four female and five diploid male banana (

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PMCPMC13563190

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