[HTML][HTML] Discovery of beneficial haplotypes for complex traits in maize landraces

M Mayer, AC Hölker, E González-Segovia… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Genetic variation is of crucial importance for crop improvement. Landraces are valuable
sources of diversity, but for quantitative traits efficient strategies for their targeted utilization are …

[HTML][HTML] European maize landraces made accessible for plant breeding and genome-based studies

AC Hölker, M Mayer, T Presterl, T Bolduan… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Key message Doubled-haploid libraries from landraces capture native genetic diversity for
a multitude of quantitative traits and make it accessible for breeding and genome-based …

Theoretical and experimental assessment of genome-based prediction in landraces of allogamous crops

AC Hölker, M Mayer, T Presterl… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Discovery and enrichment of favorable alleles in landraces are key to making them accessible
for crop improvement. Here, we present two fundamentally different concepts for genome-…

[HTML][HTML] Genomic prediction using information across years with epistatic models and dimension reduction via haplotype blocks

E Vojgani, AC Hölker, M Mayer, CC Schön… - PLoS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The importance of accurate genomic prediction of phenotypes in plant breeding is undeniable,
as higher prediction accuracy can increase selection responses. In this regard, epistasis …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic prediction within and across maize landrace derived populations using haplotypes

…, M Mayer, D Valle Torres, T Pook, AC Hölker… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
… Yan-Cheng Lin Yan-Cheng Lin 1 Manfred Mayer, Manfred Mayer 1,2 Daniel Valle Torres,
Daniel Valle Torres 1,3 Torsten Pook Torsten Pook 4 Armin C. H lker Armin C. Hölker 5 …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity of European maize landraces: Dataset on the molecular and phenotypic variation of derived doubled-haploid populations

M Mayer, AC Hölker, T Presterl, M Ouzunova… - Data in Brief, 2022 - Elsevier
Genetic variation is the basis of selection, evolution and breeding. Maize landraces represent
a rich source of allelic diversity, but their efficient utilization in breeding and research has …

[HTML][HTML] Accounting for epistasis improves genomic prediction of phenotypes with univariate and bivariate models across environments

E Vojgani, T Pook, JWR Martini, AC Hölker… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Key Message The accuracy of genomic prediction of phenotypes can be increased by
including the top-ranked pairwise SNP interactions into the prediction model. Abstract We …

Progress for testcross performance within the flint heterotic pool of a public maize breeding program since the onset of hybrid breeding

AC Hölker, W Schipprack, HF Utz, WS Molenaar… - Euphytica, 2019 - Springer
Maize (Zea mays L.) grain yields have risen due to agronomic improvements and plant
breeding, especially since the introduction of hybrid breeding. This study was conducted to …

Discovery of novel haplotypes for complex traits in landraces

M Mayer, AC Hölker, E González-Segovia, T Presterl… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Genetic variation is of crucial importance for selection and genetic improvement of crops.
Landraces are valuable sources of diversity for germplasm improvement, but for quantitative …

Bivariate genomic prediction of phenotypes by selecting epistatic interactions across years

E Vojgani, T Pook, AC Hölker, M Mayer, CC Schön… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The importance of accurate genomic prediction of phenotypes in plant breeding is
undeniable, as higher prediction accuracy can increase selection responses. In this study, we …