[Maize] Input zero for number of plants selected.

Users can now expect to encounter no errors when providing “0” as the value for number of plants selected.


[Maize, Wheat, Legumes, DCP] The last two digits of the seed name now reflects the experiment year.

To better support specific use cases, the auto-generated seed name pattern now uses the experiment year for its last two digits. Previously, the harvest year was used.


[Rice] Provide No. of Seeds for hybrid formation, CMS multiplication, and test cross harvest methods.

When using any of the three cross methods mentioned, users now have the option to provide No. of Seeds as part of the harvest data. If this data field is populated, the resulting package record will use grams as its unit. Previously, the three cross methods used No. of Bags.

View the full demo here.


[Rice] Improved naming for harvested germplasm from hybrid formation and CMS multiplication crosses.

When generating the resulting germplasm names from hybrid formation and CMS multiplication crosses, the system now checks if the parent combinations used in these crosses already have an existing child germplasm.

If so, no new germplasm is created in the succeeding harvests. The resulting germplasm name simply uses the existing one from the child (IR XXXXX), but is appended by either “H” or “A” for hybrid formation and CMS multiplication, respectively. Additionally, if the existing child germplasm was harvested using the bulk method, its name is also updated with “H” or “A”.

View the full demo here.


Improved notifications for failed package deletion.

Users may try to delete harvested package records. While this is a straight-forward process, there will be situations where this can also fail. To provide users with insights on why package record/s cannot be deleted, an improved notification and new information window is now enabled. This details the reason for the failed package deletion and provides a list of the materials involved.

View the full demo here.


The following actions can now be performed reliably in HM without issue:

  1. harvesting individual ears from not fixed maize materials,

  2. harvesting germplasm from maize maternal haploid induction crosses, such that the harvest proceeds even when the female parent only has a grain color or heterotic group attribute, and

  3. generating the correct germplasm names for GTL rice materials when the single plant selection method is used.