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  • Plant Breeding
  • Spectroscopy

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  • Nixtamalization is a crucial maize processing technique.
  • Accurate moisture content prediction is vital for breeding improved maize varieties.
  • Existing phenotyping methods for moisture content are not high-throughput.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a high-throughput method for predicting kernel moisture content during maize nixtamalization.
  • To utilize Near-Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy combined with machine learning for this prediction.
  • To investigate the genetic architecture and environmental modulation of kernel moisture content.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a linear support vector machine (SVM) model using NIR spectra and benchtop-determined moisture content.
  • Validated the model on diverse temperate maize genotypes across multiple environments.
  • Conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify genetic loci.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a Spearman's rank correlation of 0.852 between predicted and actual moisture content.
  • Environment explained the largest variation (51.5%), followed by genotype (15.6%) and GxE interaction (11.2%).
  • Identified 26 significant loci, with genome-wide markers explaining up to 45.99% of variation, indicating complex genetic control.

Conclusions:

  • NIR spectroscopy coupled with SVM provides a feasible, high-throughput method for evaluating nixtamalization moisture content in breeding programs.
  • Kernel moisture content is significantly influenced by environmental factors and possesses a complex genetic architecture.
  • This method offers valuable insights for developing strategies to improve this key processing trait in maize.