Experiments & Observations

This training module covers:

  • Experiments & observations template
  • Uploading a file into DeltaBreed
  • Downloading a file out of DeltaBreed, appending observations and uploading back into DeltaBreed

The experiment and observation template is very similar to both the germplasm and ontology template. Please pay careful attention to the “readme” tab as that contains instructions on which fields are required for successful upload into DeltaBreed.

Multi-Environment Experiments

If you wish to have a multi-environment experiment to analyze the adaptability of germplasm to multiple environments, you must plan this from the start when filling out the experiment & observations template. If this is not planned, your results could be confounded by other factors when you attempt to interpret the data.

Template

Import and overwrite

Once a user has completed the experiment & observation template, they can upload the data into DeltaBreed. From there, they can download the file, append and overwrite certain observational values and re-upload into DeltaBreed.

Delete an experiment

Only users with program administration access can delete experiments.

Experiments can only be deleted if there are no observations associated with the experiment.