Environment characterization and genomic prediction for end‐use quality traits in soft white winter wheat

End‐use quality phenotyping is laborious and expensive, thus, testing may not occur until later generations in wheat breeding programs. We investigated the pattern of genotype × environment (G × E) interaction for end‐use quality traits in soft white wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) and tested the effectiveness of implementing genomic selection to optimize breeding for these traits. We used a multi‐environment unbalanced dataset comprised of 672...