Plant Breeding Workshops
Session 1: Field Design and Analysis May 18-22 2015
Session 2: Marker Assisted Selection June 1-5 2015
Session 3: Genome Wide Analysis June 15-19 2015
Session 1: Field Design and Analysis
- Introduction to R Statistical Software
- Linear models of phenotype, heritability, & gain under selection
- Randomized Complete Block Designs
- Augmented and lattice designs for trials with many entries
- Best Linear Unbiased Predictors (BLUPs)
- Partitioning Variation and estimating heritability
- Genotype by environment interactions
- Selection indices
- Field Tour
Session 2: Marker Assisted Selection
- Introduction to R for marker-trait analysis
- Molecular marker platforms and scoring
- Basic marker-trait models
- Populations for breeding and mapping
- Linkage analysis and Linkage disequilibrium (LD)
- Genetic Variation in Populations
- Selecting for Recombination
- Background Genome Selection
- Population sizes required for selection
- Field Tour
Session 3: Genome Wide Analysis
- Introduction to R packages rrBLUP, GAPIT, BLR
- Random effects models
- The structure of breeding populations
- Association Mapping
- Genome wide selection (GWS)
- Incorporating genomic selection in a breeding program
- Selection for multiple traits
The three workshops are open to OSU graduate students who register for HCS8825-1010 (Columbus) and HCS8825-101W (Wooster).
Students interested in only session 1 can register under HCS7806-1010 (Columbus) or HCS7806-101W (Wooster) and/or session 2 or 3 under HCS7806-1020 (Columbus) or HCS7806-102W (Wooster).