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Guide Plant Breeding Technician IT

Plant Breeding Software, Agricultural Research Software and Internet bookmarks[]

I highly recommend obtaining plant breeding software such as listed below, if you can afford it. Otherwise, if funds are limited, one can get by with a flatfile database [1] such as MS-Works, a label wizard and a spreadsheet program with macro capabilities.Just a database isn't enough because numerous new records need to be created each year based on identity and pedigree information from the previous year. It's best to automate this somehow with Macros or a VBA addin for MS-Excel or MS-Access. Another problem I ran into was that I could get MS-Access to create a lined notebook page but I had trouble figuring out how to get the line type to change after every fifth record. Almost all MS-Access reports in books on MS-Access are unlined. With MS-Excel, creating a lined notebook in which the line type changes for every fifth record was very easy. You can use Access as your database but a relational database isn't completely necessary.

Each year's data was saved as .dbf files. In 2016, I would probably keep the files as .csv format rather than in some proprietary format.

A simple Excel Addin written in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) would be nice.If you have an interest in programming you might also consider the OpenOffice Macro programming language (for LINUX OS), Java (for multi-platform compatibility), Visual Basic, Python and perhaps even LISP (an Expert system written in LISP might be built on top).

Plant Breeding Software[]

NOAH Plant Germplasm ERP[]

High performance software for plant breeding.

NOAH Plant Breeding Software

DORIANE[]

http://www.doriane.com/[1]

RnDExp(TM)[]
SQL WINDOWS Experiment Manager for Industrial R&D Departments
Dynamic Simultaneous Multi Languages, English, French, German, Spanish
RnDExp-SELECTION
Breeding for farm, vegetable,flower and tree crops
RnDExp-MOLECULAR-MARKERS

Markers data base, analysis and interfaces

RnDExp-FLOW
Laboratory process manager, MM production
RnDExp-EXPERIMENT
Trial management, seed testing
RnDExp-STAT
All classical agronomic statistics, interfaces with ext. software
4 factors analysis of variance, complete blocs, split-plot, lattices (Cochran and Cox), alpha-design
RnDExp-PLANNING
Dispatch large amount of live materials between laboratories

BreedIT[]

website: http://ibreedit.com/

BreedIT Ltd.

Faculty of Agriculture, Hertzel St. Rehovot, P.O.B 12, Israel 76100

Phone/Fax: (972) 8 866 0925 Email: office@iBreedIt.com

BreedIT® is a package of software solutions which assists breeders and researchers. Its purpose is to generate and disseminate breeding information, allowing breeders to plan, manage and analyze breeding data, as well as perform research quickly and effectively

AGROBASE GENERATION II®[]

website: http://www.agronomix.com/
Agronomix Software, Inc.
171 Waterloo St.
Winnipeg, MB
CANADA
R3N 0S4
Ph: 1 - 204 - 487 - 4245
Fax: 1 - 204 - 487 - 4250
email: info@agronomix.com
AGROBASE GENERATION II
CORE System
Data Management
Experimental Management
Statistics
Data Analysis
Modules include:
  • Pedigree Data Management
  • Varietal Comparisons
  • Advanced Statistics
  • Image Display
  • Seed Inventory

AGRI INFORMATION PARTNERS E-BRIDA

website: http://www.e-brida.com/

Agri Information Partners BV
Agro Business Park 67
PO-Box 251
Wageningen
Netherlands
Ph: 31 - 317 - 471300
Fax: 31 - 317 - 471301
email: info@agripartner.nl

KDDart[]

website: http://www.kddart.org/

Diversity Arrays Technology pty. ltd.

Bldg 3, Lv D, University of Canberra,

Kirinari st., Bruce,

ACT 2617, Australia

Tel: + 61 2 6122 7300

email: kdxplore@diversityarrays.com

Features (Offline field solutions and web based):

PHENOM-NETWORKS[]

website:  http://www.phenome-networks.com/

implementation: http://phnserver.phenome-networks.com/

4 Ben Gurion Street, 74032
Nes-Ziona
Israel
Phone: +972-8-9302374
email: yaniv@phenome-networks.com
Features:
Breeding management (selections, crosses, experiments, reports, data entry)
Statsitical analysis (correlations, ANOVA, multivariate, distributions, clustering, heat-maps)
Genetics research (association genetics, QTL mapping)
Web 2.0 technology
Cloud computing
Supports plug-ins extension by independent developers

Integrated Breeding Platform Project Wiki[]

[Integrated Breeding Platform Project Wiki]http://mbp.generationcp.org/confluence/display/MBP/Home

SEEDBASE[]

website:  http://www.seedbase.info
MKL Software
Johan Enschedeweg 60
1422 DR
Uithoorn
Netherlands
Ph: 31 - 297 - 522551
Fax: 31 - 297 - 522579

email: info@seedbase.info


DORIANE[]

http://www.doriane.com/[2]==

LABKEY(TM) SQL WINDOWS Experiment Manager for Industrial RD Departments
Dynamic Simultaneous Multi Languages, Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish
LABKEY-SELECTION
Breeding for farm, vegetable,flower and tree crops
LABKEY-MOLECULAR-MARKERS

Markers data base, analysis and interfaces

LABKEY-FLOW
Laboratory process manager, MM production
LABKEY-EXPERIMENT
Trial management, seed testing
LABKEY-STAT
All classical agronomic statistics, interfaces with ext. software
4 factors analysis of variance, complete blocs, split-plot, lattices (Cochran and Cox), alpha-design
LABKEY-PLANNING
Dispatch large amount of live materials between laboratories


PRISM[]

(Plant Research Information Sharing Manager)==

PRISM version 5.00 released Sept. 20, 2004
Central Software Solutions, Inc. [3]
P.O. Box 352
Vermillion SD 57069
Ph: 1-(605)253-0011
email: info@teamcssi.com


MSTAT[]

(Michigan State Statistical Analysis) [4]


ICIS[]

(International Crop Information System) [5]
ICIS Wiki [6]

Fieldbook[]

GERMINATE[]

A Generic Database for Integrating Genotypic and Phenotypic Information for Plant Genetic Resource Collections
http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/content/abstract/139/2/619

GERMINATE Update poster http://www.scri.sari.ac.uk/posters/posters/Marshall_Germinate_PAG2006_.pdf

Data Collection Hardware and Software[]

NOAH Portable
NOAH Portable
Data collection tablet application for NOAH Plant Germplasm ERP
.
Agrobase Tablet
    Data collection
Juniper
Juniper Systems, Inc.[7]
Juniper Systems-Agriculture:http://www.junipersys.com/applications/applications.cfm?id=18&cid=107&csid=203
Juniper Systems Products - Plot Harvest Data Systems
Doriane http://www.doriane.com/[8]
CATCHKEY(TM)
Data collect on MS-Windows hand-held computers and PDA
Fix or on board connected to apparatus as scales or bar code readers
Field scoring following routes
Crosses registration with bar code reader

KDSmart

Diversity Arrays Technology pty. ltd.
Free phenotypic data collection tool, flexible enough for many organisms and experimental
layouts. Available on Google play store for Android devices. Works with barcode scanners/other
bluetooth devices.
email: kdsmart@diversityarrays.com
Gylling [9]
ARM Research Manager ([10])
Data Collector Hardware, Requirements and Pricing http://www.gdmdata.com/Products/hardware.htm
GDM Family of Products [11]
Outsite [12]
===OutSite Mobile Registration===
OutSite enables you to easily record data outside of your office.

Agri Information Partners BV

Agro Business Park 67

PO-Box 251

Wageningen

Netherlands

Ph: 31 - 317 - 471300

Fax: 31 - 317 - 471301

email: info@agripartner.nl


PDAs, Pocket Computers, Tablets, Cameras, Digital Cameras, Cellphone pictures and videos

=== Database Software ==+

  • Microsoft Office Access
  • Microsoft Works Database
  • MySql
  • Postgresql
  • Oracle Database 11g

Structured Query Language (SQL)[]

Spreadsheet Software[]

  • Microsoft Office Excel

The Spreadsheet Page - By John Walkenbach

Free online Excel Training
[13]
[14]
Excel 2003 Lists
Excel 2003 Step by Step Database Tutorial
By Ted French, About.com [15]
Note: Excel 2007 no longer allows saving a file as a .dbf file
  • Open Office Calc

Interactive Development Environments[]

  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Eclipse Rich Client

Miscellaneous[]

Generic Seeds Big Yellow Seeds Co. Information Technology (IT) Department

  • How to build a small office network
  • How to set up a thin client client server network using the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP)
 In this type of network, the workstation computers consist of a monitor, a keyboard, mouse and other input devices and only a small internal but inaccessible hard drive. All the application software and data is kept on a central server. The central server might be in a locked room.
Experiential Teaching Online (XTOL) 


The Genotype Visualization Tool http://www.scri.sari.ac.uk/posters/posters/Marshall_GVTScale.pdf

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