23-27 February 2009 - Harare
Monday 23 February
Statistics and biometrics for maize breeders - Part I - Jose Crossa
Written notes on Basic Statistical Methods will be given. The notes will include:
- t-test
- Hypothesis test
- One tail test
- Two tail test
- Covariance, correlation, and covariance analyses
- Simple Linear regression
- ANOVA (Analysis of Variance)
- Data transformation
Time | Activity |
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PHENOTYPING | |
08:00 |
Basic Quantitative Genetic
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10:00 | break |
10:30 |
Within Site analyses
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12:30 | Lunch |
13:30 |
Across Site analyses
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18:00 | End |
Tuesday 24 February
Statistics and biometrics for maize breeders - Part II - Jose Crossa
Time | Activity |
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GENOTYPING |
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08:00 |
Basic on Linear models (fixed, random, and mixed)
Marker Assisted Breeding
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10:00 | break |
10:30 |
Selection Inidces using phenotypic and molecular marker data
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12:30 | Lunch |
13:30 |
Selection Indices using phenotypic and molecular marker data
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15:00 |
SAS Program for mixed-model analysis of multi-location trials - Gary Atlin |
16:00 |
Practice
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18:00 | End |
*Examples will use SAS and ASREML
Wednesday 25 February
Field Visit, Mechanisation and Electronic Capture in the field
Time | Activity |
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08:00 |
Field Visit -Cosmos, Vivek, John MacRobert
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11:00 | Best practices for mechanization - Cosmos |
11:45 |
Data Management in Maize FieldBook - Hector |
12:30 | Lunch |
Data management in Maize Field Book and ICIS - Part I - B. Vivek, Jean Sabado and Hector Sanchez
Time | Activity |
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13:30 | Querying in MaizeFinder |
15:00 | break |
15:30 | Pedigree Parsing Using the Parser |
16:30 | Discussions about FieldBook, FieldLog, and Parser |
18:00 | end |
Thursday 26 February
Data management in Maize Field Book and ICIS - Part II - B. Vivek, Jean Sabado and Hector Sanchez
Time | Activity |
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08:00 |
An Introduction to ICIS
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08:45 | The ICIS Launcher |
09:00 | Querying for Pedigrees with GMS SRCH |
09:30 | Creating a Pedigree List with SetGen Application |
10:15 | break |
10:45 | Calculating Coefficient of Parentage using the Browse Application |
11:15 |
Advancing Lines and Generating Crosses with SetGen Application
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12:30 | lunch |
13:30 |
ICIS Workbook
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15:30 | break |
16:00 |
ICIS underneath Maize FieldBook
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16:30 | Discussions about MaizeFinder and ICIS/IMIS |
17:30 | Best practices for software use and data backup |
18:00 | end |
Friday 27 February
QTL mapping - Jiankang Wang
Time | Activity |
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08:00 | Introduction to QTL mapping |
09:00 | The inclusive composite interval mapping (ICIM) for additive and epistasis QTL |
10:30 | break |
11:00 | QTL mapping applications by ICIM |
12:00 | The integrated software QTL IciMapping |
13:00 | Lunch |
Discussions resulting in a brief documented record of best practices
Time | Activity |
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14:00 | Using pre-harvest yield ratings to reduce harvesting and speed turn-around for Stage 1 testcrosses– Gary |
14:30 | Molecular breeding schemes: Best-bet MARS and AB-QTL research plan templates– Gary, Sarah, Kassa, Yunbi |
15:30 | break |
16:00 | Work flow between breeders/phenotypers, molecular breeders, outside labs, and bioinformatics, their roles and timelines - Sarah, Kassa, Hector, Yunbi, Gary |
17:00 | Best practices for monitoring breeding progress - Pancho |