94-3 Accelerating Wheat Breeding with Next-Generation Sequencing and High-Throughput Phenotyping.

See more from this Division: C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics
See more from this Session: Symposium--Tools for Enhancing Genetic Progress: Genomics and Phenomics
Monday, October 22, 2012: 2:00 PM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 201, Level 2
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Jesse Poland1, Jeffrey Endelman2, Julie C. Dawson3, Jessica Rutkoski4, Shuangye Wu5, Yann Manes6, Jose Crossa6, Susanne Dreisigacker6, Hector Sanchez6, Allan Fritz7, Kevin Price8, Randy Price9, Mark E. Sorrells3 and Jean-Luc Jannink2, (1)Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS
(2)USDA-ARS, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, NY
(3)Dept of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
(4)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
(5)Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
(6)International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico DF, Mexico
(7)Department Of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
(8)Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
(9)Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Kansas State Univeristy, Manhattan, KS
We are developing novel breeding methodologies to accelerate genetic gains in wheat breeding.  First, we are applying next generation sequencing to rapidly genotype large sets of breeding material and develop whole-genome prediction models for genomic selection.  Application of genomic selection in breeding programs has promise to increase the rate of genetic gain several fold by decreasing breeding cycle time and enabling selection for complex traits on a single plant basis.  With the application of new sequencing technologies to address genotyping constraints the real limitation in breeding progress becomes accurate phenotyping of large populations for selection.  To start addressing this constrating, we are developing new approaches for high-throughput phenotyping in breeding and genetics studies with the promise of assaying plots on the scale of seconds.
See more from this Division: C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics
See more from this Session: Symposium--Tools for Enhancing Genetic Progress: Genomics and Phenomics