# Quantitative Genetics for Plant Breeding

- By: Walter Suza - Editor / Kendall Lamkey
- Publisher: Iowa State University Digital Press
- Source: [Open Textbook Library](https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/quantitative-genetics-for-plant-breeding)
- Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial
- Online: https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/quantitativegenetics/
- PDF: https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/quantitativegenetics/open/download?type=pdf
- eBook: https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/quantitativegenetics/open/download?type=epub

This open textbook is intended to expose students to the application of quantitative genetic models to plant breeding populations. Specific topics include conducting and interpreting multi-environment trials, resource allocation using engineering principles, genetic modeling of quantitative traits, simulation modeling, variance, covariance and heritability, prediction, selection, and genetic gain.