Machine learning approach for prescriptive plant breeding

KA Parmley, RH Higgins, B Ganapathysubramanian… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We explored the capability of fusing high dimensional phenotypic trait (phenomic) data with
a machine learning (ML) approach to provide plant breeders the tools to do both in-season …

[HTML][HTML] Harvest index has increased over the last 50 years of maize breeding

A Ruiz, S Trifunovic, DM Eudy, CS Sciarresi… - Field Crops …, 2023 - Elsevier
Context Quantifying historical changes in maize harvest index (HI), the fraction of above-
ground biomass allocated to grain yield, can enhance our ability to explain grain yield trends …

Changes in soybean cultivars released over the past 50 years in southern Brazil

RC Umburanas, J Kawakami, EA Ainsworth… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
On-farm soybean yield has increased considerably in the last 50 years in southern Brazil,
but there is still little information about how selection and breeding for yield increase has …

Genetic gains in maize yield and related traits for high-yielding cultivars released during 1980s to 2010s in China

G Liu, H Yang, R Xie, Y Yang, W Liu, X Guo, J Xue… - Field Crops …, 2021 - Elsevier
The potential grain yield of maize increased tremendously from the 1980s to 2010s, as did
the optimal plant density. However, cultivars were always bred in different environments …

Nutrient partitioning and stoichiometry in soybean: A synthesis-analysis

S Tamagno, GR Balboa, Y Assefa, P Kovács… - Field Crops …, 2017 - Elsevier
On-farm attainable soybean yields are primarily limited by nutrient and water supply. High-
yielding soybeans is related to high nutrient uptake. A proposed theoretical framework …

The expansion of rainfed grain production can generate spontaneous hydrological changes that reduce climate sensitivity

JI Whitworth-Hulse, EG Jobbágy, L Borrás… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
As global warming intensifies climatic extremes, the need to understand their effects on
farming systems, particularly under rainfed conditions, grows. During the last three decades …

Shifts in soybean yield, nutrient uptake, and nutrient stoichiometry: A historical synthesis‐analysis

GR Balboa, VO Sadras, IA Ciampitti - Crop Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Few studies have investigated changes over time in nutrient uptake and yield, in addition to
the study of nutrient stoichiometry as a metric of nutrient limitations in soybean [Glycine max …

Environmental and management variables explain soybean yield gap variability in Central Argentina

G Di Mauro, PA Cipriotti, S Gallo, JL Rotundo - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Assessing yield gap (Yg) is required to identify opportunities for future yield increases.
Central Argentina is one of the most productive soybean regions in the world. In this region …

Spatial and temporal plant-to-plant variability effects on soybean yield

A Masino, P Rugeroni, L Borrás, JL Rotundo - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Plant density and row spacing are management practices that farmers use to maximize
soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) yield. Other canopy aspects related to seedling …

Historical trend on seed amino acid concentration does not follow protein changes in soybeans

AF de Borja Reis, S Tamagno, LH Moro Rosso… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is the most important oilseed crop for animal
industry due to its high protein concentration and high relative abundance of essential and …