• Efficient genomics-based ‘end-to-end’ selective tree breeding framework 

      El-Kassaby, Yousry A.; Cappa, Eduardo Pablo; Chen, Charles; Ratcliffe, Blaise; Porth, Ilga M. (Springer Nature, 2024-01-03)
      Since their initiation in the 1950s, worldwide selective tree breeding programs followed the recurrent selection scheme of repeated cycles of selection, breeding (mating), and testing phases and essentially remained unchanged ...
    • Genomic selection in Canadian spruces 

      El-Kassaby, Yousry A.; Ratcliffe, Blaise; El-Dien, Omnia Gamal; Shuzhen, Sun; Chen, Charles; Cappa, Eduardo Pablo; Porth, Ilga M. (Springer, 2020-01-01)
      The genetic gain of spruce (Picea spp.) breeding programs is impeded by long recurrent selection cycles stemming from biological constraints such as late expression of traits, weak juvenile mature correlations, and late ...