Exploring Genotype-Environment Interactions for Mushroom Breeding

As for plants and animals, the objectives of edible mushroom breeding programs are to harness natural phenotypic variations among strains and populations in order to breed superior cultivars that satisfy our needs. Effective breeding of edible mushrooms requires an understanding of the natural genotypic and phenotypic variations among strains and a breeding method that can bring the desirable genes and traits together. In this paper, we argue …