Genomic Selection in Cassava with Dr. Diego Jarquin

"Sparse testing designs for optimising resource allocation in multi-environment cassava breeding trials" with Dr. Diego Jarquin

Cassava is an important staple crop around the world, but plant breeding efforts can be slow and difficult with limited plant materials and other resources. In this episode, Diego joins me to discuss how genomic selection might rapidly increase this process.

If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20558

This paper is always freely available.

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If you would like to reach out to Diego, you can find him here:

jhernandezjarqui@ufl.edu

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gzrhlAQAAAAJ&hl=en

https://agronomy.ifas.ufl.edu/people/diego-jarquin/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/diego-jarquin-b0474153

https://x.com/Jarquin_GxE

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