
Marker-assisted selection (MAS) has been recognized as a reliable identification tool and thus has lot of potential for its utilization in crop breeding. Important steps involved in molecular breeding include: identification and selection of beneficial genetic variations and utilization of such variations more effectively and efficiently for crop improvement.

#ECRISPER OLDER VERSION SOFTWARE#
This chapter provides an overview of the key software support tools that will assist the plant breeders in decision making during the process of conducting various breeding program. Software tools have also been developed for designing target sites or evaluating the outcome of genome/gene editing system. Such simulation-based genome-assisted approach to breeding will help optimize plant breeding in all important agricultural crops. Reliable phenotype prediction models for the simulation were constructed from actual genotype and phenotype data. Several software tools have been developed that integrates breeding simulations and phenotype prediction models using genomic information. It is also required to develop tools for modeling and simulation analysis by utilizing all pre-existing and newly generated data. Therefore, it is important to follow an integrated breeding approach by combining molecular tools, molecular mapping, and MAS. AbstractPlant breeders are usually faced with the problem of predicting the performance of new individuals with untested gene combinations.
