Core Breeding (CB) September 2025 Highlights
Experiment Manager (EM)
Experiment Manager (EM) improvements and updates ensure experiments are managed more efficiently with fewer errors and complete, accurate data exports.
✅ Fixed bugs affecting data export and printout visibility, ensuring all traits and templates now display correctly.
✅ Improved experiment file downloads, allowing users to retrieve full and consistent data for each occurrence.
✅ Corrected data inconsistencies in CSV files and improved notifications for multi-occurrence downloads.
✅ Addressed permission issues to ensure collaborators can only access allowed actions.
Experiment Creation (EC)
Experiment Creation (EC) improvements and updates make setting up experiments faster, more consistent, and more reliable.
✅ Fixed UI width problem of the design dropdown, which prevented the user from selecting a design
✅ Updated design templates and configurations for better accuracy in experiment setup.
✅ Improved file upload templates and corrected headers for sparse and non-sparse designs
Cross Manager (CM)
Cross Manager (CM) improvements simplify cross-data management, enhance flexibility, and ensure consistency across programs and roles.
✅ Introduced new and improved API endpoints to manage crossing data, making it easier to add, edit, and delete cross records.
✅ Enhanced the Intercross feature by adding new variables (e.g., fruits, flowers, seeds) and role-based configurations for better data control.
✅ Enabled download and upload of Wishlist files for Intercross, improving flexibility for users working with cross-lists.
✅ Added validation to improve accuracy during uploads and prevent duplicate or incorrect data.
✅ Standardized configuration names and dropdown options for a more consistent user experience across experiments.
Data Collection (DC)
Data Collection (DC) updates make data uploads and photo handling smoother, faster, and more reliable—especially when managing multiple experiments or large files.
✅ Fixed issues where uploads for multiple occurrences failed or caused timeouts, improving speed and reliability.
✅ Enabled Fieldbook image upload and download features, allowing users to attach photos to their data collection records.
✅ Improved validation rules to prevent upload errors and incorrect data mapping.
✅ Enhanced file download features so users get complete and accurate datasets.
BrAPI Integration maintains full compatibility with connected tools and prevents data loss during imports.
Harvest Manager (HM)
Harvest Manager (HM) fixes and updates make harvest operations more intuitive, accurate, and adaptable to different crops.
✅ Resolved naming and validation issues during harvest, including crop-specific errors for maize and rice.
✅ Fixed cases where users couldn’t harvest or correct methods due to missing permissions or incorrect data validation.
✅ Improvements to the management of Harvest Manager user cases and configuration records have been made through the implementation of the Admin tool Configurations Consolidator.
Seed Inventory (IM)
Seed Inventory (IM) update gives admins smoother access and makes shipment records more reliable and aligned with production systems.
✅ Updated system logic to allow admin users to access the tool without needing program-specific membership.
✅ Improved data handling for outgoing shipments by ensuring RSHT data is stored and retrieved consistently.
Trait Manager (TM)
Trait Manager (TM) makes it easier and faster for users to locate traits accurately, regardless of how they search for them.
✅ Fixed a problem where searching for traits using abbreviations or names returned incomplete or inconsistent results.
✅Enhanced the search tool to recognize various identifiers such as abbreviations, labels, and descriptions.
Breeding Program Manager (BPM)
Breeding Program Manager (BPM) updates ensure breeding programs always show the correct and most recent data, improving accuracy and clarity for users.
✅Updated the system with the latest breeding pipeline data for more accurate program information.
✅Corrected an issue where Forage pipelines appeared under Rice, ensuring each crop now displays its proper pipeline.
Core Breeding Known Limitations
These are known tool limitations. Workarounds are available, and fixes are scheduled for upcoming releases to enhanced reliability and user experience.
Experiment Creation
- Package Selection: Inactive or discarded packages may still appear for selection.
- Workaround: Verify package status before use. Update in progress.
Experiment Manager
- Germplasm Code: Missing in exports.
- Current Action: Field renaming under review.
- Templates: Some printout templates are not visible for certain programs.
- Cross Table: Does not update automatically after entry replacement.
- Workaround: Refresh Crosses Browser manually.
- Downloads: Some buttons and traits are missing in exports.
- Current Action: Config validation ongoing.
- CSV Inconsistencies: Duplicate/missing entries in exported files.
- Current Action: Replication in progress.
- Multi-occurrence Files: Download errors.
- Current Action: Verify and retry.
- Data Misalignment: Inconsistent headers for planting/management data.
- Current Action: Data under review.
Data Collection
- Time Series Upload: Only one occurrence uploads when files contain multiple.
- Workaround: Upload files per occurrence. Fix planned in a future sprint.
BrAPI
- Field Data Import: Plot information may be missing in the new import UI due to a technical mapping issue.
- Workaround: Use the old Field Book import UI. Fix under collaboration with PhenoApps.
Seed Inventory
- Admin Access: Admins require program membership to access the IM tool; RBAC alignment is planned.
- RSHT Data: Data not visible in the Shipment Outgoing tool; update to seed_data table in progress.