Breeder Management System (BMS)

The NAVFARM Breeder Management System (BMS) is a comprehensive and easy-to-use software suite designed to help breeders conduct their routine activities with more efficiency, so that they may develop improved cultivars faster and at a lower cost. It combines information management, data analysis, and decision-support tools that accommodate common breeding schemes, from conventional breeding through increasing levels of marker use, providing all the tools they need in just one place. Database Integrated Tools The Breeder Management System(BMS) contains database-integrated tools that seamlessly connect to the crop database when launched from an established Workbench program. Database integration minimizes the need to manually create, save, and import files as you move through a breeding program. When these tools are launched through the Workbench, selected data moves seamlessly from the database to the application.

• Germplasm List Manager: Browse, search, and filter germplasm to create custom lists
• Breeding Manager: Design crosses, advance generations, and select progeny
• Genotype Database Manager: Connect germplasm to genotype data
• Nursery Manager: Design, manage, and advance nurseries
• Trial Manager: Design and manage field trials
• Statistical Analysis (Breeding View): Analyze phenotypic data, single site, and multi-site analyses
• Molecular Breeding Design Tool: Select target genotypes for marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABC) and determine optimal population sizes for each generation

Tools without Database Integration These tools, even when launched from the workbench, are not automatically pre-loaded with selected data. Data files must be created, saved, and imported into these tools.

• Multi-Site Multi-Year Analyses
• QTL Analysis (Breeding View): Identify quantitative trait loci
• Molecular Breeding Planner: Match breeding goals and crop genetic considerations to marker-assisted breeding programs
• A decision support tool for marker-assisted selection (OptiMAS): Generate a target genotype by predicting the recombination of favorable QTL into a target genotype

Breeding ViewSetting the standard for statistical analysis in plant breeding In modern plant breeding today, breeders have an increasing amount of data to analyze and need to make rapid decisions. Breeding View (BV) links an easy user interface to a statistical analysis package allowing rapid phenotypic and genotypic analyses of field trial observations. Results include:

• summary statistics
• adjusted means of all traits
• mixed-model comparisons of genotypes and locations

All through a set of simple, visual and easy-to-use analytical pipelines and quality insurance measures.