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BIOM 202: Design and Analysis of Breeding Trials using PBTools

This course is designed to spread an awareness of what experimental designs and analysis methods are available, and how they can be used to add value to plant breeding trials and to help address common challenges. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on exercises using the software called Plant Breeding Tools (PBTools), this course will enable participants to apply some common analysis methods and experimental designs.

Course Objectives
  • Spread awareness of what experimental design and analysis methods are available to address common challenges that can arise in field experiments and to extract the maximum value from the field trial data
  • Enable participants to identify the most appropriate experimental designs for their specific needs and to create these
  • Enable participants to analyze and extract useful information from single and multi-environment trials
  • Enable participants to extract information about line performance and environment similarity using biplots and to gain experience applying analysis methods taught in this course to their own data

Course Content

  • Experimental designs used in breeding trials
  • Analysis of single environment trials
  • Analysis of multi-environment trials
  • Introduction to biplots

Course Coordinator

Ms. Alaine Gulles

About the Course

Course Schedule:  May 15 - 18, 2018

Venue: IRRI Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

Application Period:  until April 13, 2018 or until all slots are filled

How to Apply:

        Requirements and Instructions:

        Please read before proceeding to the online application.

    1. Interested applicants must have a fully accomplished online application form with all the necessary attachments on or before April 13, 2018.
    2. Applicant must have a certification of availability of funding from IRRI, donors or sponsoring agencies to cover the full cost of the training.  This should be reflected in the Endorsement form or Consent form that can be downloaded below.
    3. Slots for this training are awarded on a competitive basis and participants will be chosen based on the information provided on the online application form.

Downloads

    1. Download and accomplish the consent form that you will need for your application. Please attach them to the online application form. 
      • Consent form (Save as PDF with CF_DABT2018_Your-Lastname as filename).
    2. Proceed with the online application here.

  Notes:

        1.  Applicants will be notified thru email if they are accepted or not, on or before April 17, 2018.
        2.  Participants must bring their own laptop with Windows Operating System.