Genotype-by-Environment Interaction (GEI) is a prevalent issue among crop farmers, plant breeders, geneticists, and production agronomists. This book brings together contributions from expert plant breeders and quantitative geneticists to better understand the relationship between crop performance and environment. This information can reduce the cost of extensive genotype evaluation by eliminating unnecessary testing sites and by fine-tuning breeding programs.

Molecular aspects of GEI are discussed for the first time and key bibliographical references on GEI are included in an appendix.

New developments in selecting for phenotypic stability in crop breeding / M.S. Kang and R. Magari

Incorporating additional information on genotypes and environments in models for two-way genotype by environment tables / F.A. van Eeuwijk, J.-B. Denis, and M.S. Kang

Relationships among analytical methods used to study genotype-by-environment interactions and evaluation of their impact on response to selection / I.H. DeLacy, M. Cooper, and K.E. Basford

AMMI analysis of yield trials / H.G. Gauch, Jr. and R.W. Zobel

Identification of quantitative trait loci that are affected by environment / W.D. Beavis and P. Keim

Analysis of genotype-by-environment interaction and phenotypic stability / H.-P. Piepho

Using the shifted multiplicative model cluster methods for crossover genotype-by-environment interaction / J. Crossa, P.L. Cornelius, and M.S. Seyedsadr. Statistical tests and estimators of multiplicative models for genotype-by-environment interaction / P.L. Cornelius, J. Crossa, and M.S. Seyedsadr

Nonparametric analysis of genotype x environment interactions by ranks / M. Hühn

Analysis of multiple environment trials using the probability of outperforming a check / K.M. Eskridge

Breeding for reliability of performance across unpredictable environments / P.J. Bramel-Cox

Characterizing and predicting genotype by environment interaction : variable active genic vs. parental genic proportions model / L.P. Subedi

Selection of genotypes and prediction of performance by analysing genotype-by-environment interaction / W.E. Weber, G. Wricke, and T. Westermann

Spatial analysis of field experiments : fertilizer experiments with wheat (Triticum aestivum) and tea (Camellia sinensis) / B.E. Eisenberg [and others]

Appendix: Bibliography on genotype-by-environment interaction / J.-B. Denis [and others]