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Phycol. 37(2)</i>: 1213-1226. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-025-03447-7\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-025-03447-7</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Cohen, J.; Twijnstra, R.H.; Schiller, J.; Montecinos Arismendi, G.; Reus, B.; Soetaert, K.; Timmermans, K.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Cohen, J. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"<span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);\">The potential of seaweed aquaculture is restricted by high labor, production and processing costs, leading to low economic viability. Selective breeding can improve yields and cultivation efficiency, thereby decreasing production costs. Until now, genetic resources as input for&nbsp;</span><i>Saccharina&nbsp;latissima</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);\"> breeding trials have been sourced strictly locally, due to concerns regarding outplanting genetically exogenous material in local waters. Here we study, for the first time, worldwide interregional fertility of the seaweed </span><i>S. latissima,</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);\"> in order to assess the potential of including global </span><i>S. latissima</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);\"> genetic resources for selective breeding with regard to heterosis. We quantified the yield (as an indicative aquacultural performance) and morphological traits of intra- and interregional </span><i>S. latissima</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);\"> hybrids originating from a broad range of locations in a common garden experiment. Our results show that the practical application of worldwide </span><i>S. latissima</i><span style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);\"> genetic resources in breeding programs is feasible based on global interfertility. We found a wide morphological diversity of hybrids and observed significant heterosis in interregional hybrids. The degree of heterosis could not be linked to geographic distance. 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