Can parentage analysis facilitate breeding activities in root and tuber crops?

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dc.creatorNorman, P.E.
dc.creatorAsfaw, A.
dc.creatorTongoona, P.B.
dc.creatorDanquah, A.
dc.creatorDanquah, E.Y.
dc.creatorKoeyer, D. de
dc.creatorAsiedu, Robert
dc.date2018-06-27
dc.date2018-07-13T15:09:00Z
dc.date2018-07-13T15:09:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T16:03:43Z
dc.descriptionControlled pollination in root and tuber crops is challenging. Complex ploidy, cross-incompatibility, erratic flowering patterns, outcrossing, etc., limit the efficiency of breeding progress in these crops. Half-sib breeding that involves random pollination among parents is a viable method to harness genetic gain in outcrossing crops that are problematic for performing planned and controlled pollination. The authenticity of resulting progenies from the half-sib breeding is essential to monitor the selection gain in the breeding program. Parentage analysis facilitated by molecular markers is among the available handy tools for crop breeders to maximize genetic gain in a breeding program. It can help to resolve the identity of half-sib progenies and reconstruct the pedigree in the outcrossing crops. This paper reviews the potential benefits of parentage analysis in breeding selected outcrossing root and tuber crops. It assesses how paternity analysis facilitates breeding activities and the ways it improves genetic gain in the root and tuber breeding programs. Conscious use of complementary techniques in the root and tuber breeding programs can increase the selection gain by reducing the long breeding cycle and cost, as well as reliable exploitation of the heritable variation in the desired direction.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/96137
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/121395
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceNorman, P.E., Asfaw, A., Tongoona, P.B., Danquah, A., Danquah, E.Y., De Koeyer, D. & Asiedu, R. (2018). Can parentage analysis facilitate breeding activities in root and tuber crops?. Agriculture, 8(7), 1-24.
dc.subjectdna
dc.subjectpedigree
dc.subjectroot crops
dc.subjectbreeding
dc.subjecttubers
dc.titleCan parentage analysis facilitate breeding activities in root and tuber crops?
dc.typeJournal Article

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