Machine learning applications to improve flavor and nutritional content of horticultural crops through breeding and genetics

LFV Ferrão, R Dhakal, R Dias, D Tieman… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•AI can aid the improvement of flavor and nutrition in horticultural
crops.•Development of new AI/statistical methods target inference and prediction …

There and back again; historical perspective and future directions for Vaccinium breeding and research studies

PP Edger, M Iorizzo, NV Bassil… - Horticulture …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The genus Vaccinium L.(Ericaceae) contains a wide diversity of culturally and
economically important berry crop species. Consumer demand and scientific research in …

Exploring deep learning for complex trait genomic prediction in polyploid outcrossing species

LM Zingaretti, SA Gezan, LFV Ferrão… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genomic prediction (GP) is the procedure whereby the genetic merits of untested candidates
are predicted using genome wide marker information. Although numerous examples of GP …

Genome‐wide association of volatiles reveals candidate loci for blueberry flavor

LFV Ferrão, TS Johnson, J Benevenuto… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plants produce a range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), some of which are perceived
by the human olfactory system, contributing to a myriad flavors. Despite the importance of …

Terpene volatiles mediates the chemical basis of blueberry aroma and consumer acceptability

LFV Ferrão, H Sater, P Lyrene, RR Amadeu… - Food research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Flavor is among the most important traits valued by consumers of fresh fruits. Human
perception of flavor occurs primarily through two main sensory inputs, taste and aroma …

Genomic selection in an outcrossing autotetraploid fruit crop: lessons from blueberry breeding

LFV Ferrão, RR Amadeu, J Benevenuto… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum and hybrids) is a specialty crop with expanding
production and consumption worldwide. The blueberry breeding program at the University of …

Molecular and genetic bases of fruit firmness variation in blueberry—a review

F Cappai, J Benevenuto, LFV Ferrão, P Munoz - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) has been recognized worldwide as a valuable source of health-
promoting compounds, becoming a crop with some of the fastest rising consumer demand …

Genomic prediction of autotetraploids; influence of relationship matrices, allele dosage, and continuous genotyping calls in phenotype prediction

I de Bem Oliveira, MFR Resende Jr… - G3: Genes …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Estimation of allele dosage, using genomic data, in autopolyploids is challenging and
current methods often result in the misclassification of genotypes. Some progress has been …

How can a high-quality genome assembly help plant breeders?

J Benevenuto, LFV Ferrão, RR Amadeu, P Munoz - Gigascience, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The decreasing costs of next-generation sequencing and the improvements in de novo
sequence assemblers have made it possible to obtain reference genomes for most …

High-resolution linkage map and QTL analyses of fruit firmness in autotetraploid blueberry

F Cappai, RR Amadeu, J Benevenuto… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum and hybrids) is an autotetraploid crop whose commercial
relevance has been growing steadily during the last 20 years. However, the ever-increasing …