1. A Bayesian Genomic Multi-output Regressor Stacking Model for Predicting Multi-trait Multi-environment Plant Breeding Data.
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Montesinos-López OA, Montesinos-López A, Crossa J, Cuevas J, Montesinos-López JC, Gutiérrez ZS, Lillemo M, Philomin J, and Singh R
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- Algorithms, Models, Theoretical, Phenotype, Triticum genetics, Zea mays genetics, Bayes Theorem, Environment, Gene-Environment Interaction, Genomics methods, Models, Genetic, Plant Breeding
- Abstract
In this paper we propose a Bayesian multi-output regressor stacking (BMORS) model that is a generalization of the multi-trait regressor stacking method. The proposed BMORS model consists of two stages: in the first stage, a univariate genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP including genotype × environment interaction GE) model is implemented for each of the L traits under study; then the predictions of all traits are included as covariates in the second stage, by implementing a Ridge regression model. The main objectives of this research were to study alternative models to the existing multi-trait multi-environment (BMTME) model with respect to (1) genomic-enabled prediction accuracy, and (2) potential advantages in terms of computing resources and implementation. We compared the predictions of the BMORS model to those of the univariate GBLUP model using 7 maize and wheat datasets. We found that the proposed BMORS produced similar predictions to the univariate GBLUP model and to the BMTME model in terms of prediction accuracy; however, the best predictions were obtained under the BMTME model. In terms of computing resources, we found that the BMORS is at least 9 times faster than the BMTME method. Based on our empirical findings, the proposed BMORS model is an alternative for predicting multi-trait and multi-environment data, which are very common in genomic-enabled prediction in plant and animal breeding programs., (Copyright © 2019 Montesinos-Lopez et al.)
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- 2019
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