Interpreting genotype × environment interaction in tropical maize using linked molecular markers and environmental covariables

An understanding of the genetic and environmental basis of genotype×environment interaction (GEI) is of fundamental importance in plant breeding. In mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs), suitable genetic populations are grown in different environments causing QTLs×environment interaction (QEI). The main objective of the present study is to show how Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression and Factorial Regression (FR) models using genetic...