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This research aims to improve genomic prediction accuracy in wheat by using random regression models (RRM) with genotype-specific environmental covariates.

May 10, 2026Open Access

Improving genomic prediction in wheat with random regression models with genotype‐specific phenology‐driven environmental covariates

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This research aims to improve genomic prediction accuracy in wheat by using random regression models (RRM) with genotype-specific environmental covariates.
Compared RRM and GBLUP models for genomic prediction accuracy.
Evaluated performance across different environments (CV1 and CV2).
Integrated environmental covariates into RRM to capture genotype-environment interaction.
RRM outperformed GBLUP with 50%-100% higher accuracy in CV1 and CV2.
FA model showed the highest overall accuracy for CV2, but not for CV1.
At least one RRM model improved predictions in over 89% of un-phenotyped environments.

Abstract

) modeled as a factor analytic (FA) model, and RRM were compared for their predictive ability performance. RRM with three ECs outperformed GBLUP achieving 50%-100% higher accuracy in CV1 and CV2. The FA exhibited the highest accuracy overall for CV2 but not for CV1. At least one RRM model improved predictions in >89% of environments when predicting new, un-phenotyped environments. Integrating ECs into the RRM enhances genomic prediction by effectively capturing the GEI with a limited number of covariates.

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Dhakal et al. (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a002222c8f74e3340f9d0ff https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.70247

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