Decoding living systems: Reassessing crop model frontiers via biological dynamics and optimized phenotype
Fig 9
Genetic similarity between optimized ideotypes and field-validated cultivars.
(a) PCA of eight genetic coefficients (85.8% variance explained). Dotted lines connect ideotypes (ID1–ID4) to their nearest cultivars. Colors indicate genetic groups: indica (green), japonica (blue), hybrids (orange), and ideotypes (red). (b) Top cultivar matches ranked by similarity (solid bars) and frequency across metrics (striped bars). Bar color shows predominance across ideotypes (4: purple to 1: white). WAB56−50 and DKAP2 are the most promising breeding candidates.