CROSSING DATA BOOK: AN OPEN SOURCE ANDROID APPLICATION FOR REAL-TIME SUCCOUR
Author(s): Nitesh S.D
Abstract: Crop improvement is the genetic alteration of plants to satisfy human needs. It is done in three vital phases – Selection, Plant hybridization, and Evaluation. Plant hybridization is the process of crossbreeding between genetically dissimilar parents to produce a hybrid. At this crucial stage of crop improvement; maintenance of crossing data under tradition book scribing doesn’t provide real-time progress data. Crossing data book-android application has been specially designed as succour to the plant breeders at the decisive time of plant hybridization. As per the assigned input data, it is programmed to analysis and assists the breeder; by prioritizing female for emasculation, male for pollination, and crosses (female ? male). For females, it provides information on selection of female line for emasculation based on the average number of successful crossings completed in that female and also on the basis of priority of the female parents if assigned by the breeder. For males, it provides information on the selection of male parents for pollination on the basis of a total number of successful pollinations done using that male irrespective of female pollinated and also provides the list of emasculated female parents which need to be pollinated with the selected male. For specific cross, ranking among the different crosses with the same female, prudence breeder whether to pollinate or not. This real-time handy information to the breeder during the crucial stage of plant hybridization assists in generating more number of consistent crosses, large F1 population and ultimately increasing the probability of recovering the superior high yielding varieties to meet the domestic and global food security and prosperity.
Project ID: DLAP-121
Paper Stream: Genetics and Plant Breeding
College Name:CHANDRA SHEKHAR AZAD UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY-Kanpur
Published Date: 2021-04-22 22:22:35
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