IPLGP

Combining genomic prediction with Monte Carlo simulation, three different strategies are implemented to select parental lines for multiple traits in plant breeding. The selection strategies include (i) GEBV-O considers only genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) of the candidate individuals; (ii) GD-O considers only genomic diversity (GD) of the candidate individuals; and (iii) GEBV-GD considers both GEBV and GD. The above method can be seen in Chung PY, Liao CT (2020) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243159. Multi-trait genomic best linear unbiased prediction (MT-GBLUP) model is used to simultaneously estimate GEBVs of the target traits, and then a selection index is adopted to evaluate the composite performance of an individual.