Preface to Special Issue: Complex traits and plant breeding—can we understand the complexities of gene-to-phenotype relationships and use such knowledge to enhance plant breeding outcomes?

Mark Cooper; Graeme L. Hammer

doi:10.1071/AR05151

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Preface to Special Issue: Complex traits and plant breeding—can we understand the complexities of gene-to-phenotype relationships and use such knowledge to enhance plant breeding outcomes?

Mark Cooper ^A ^D and Graeme L. Hammer ^B ^C

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^A Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., 7250 N. W. 62nd Avenue, PO Box 552, Johnston, IA 50131, USA.

^B Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit, School of Land and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.

^C Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.

^D Corresponding author. Email: Mark.Cooper@pioneer.com

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 56(9) 869-872 https://doi.org/10.1071/AR05151
Submitted: 9 May 2005 Accepted: 20 June 2005 Published: 28 September 2005

Additional keywords: modelling, prediction, epistasis, pleiotropy, interaction.

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