About Breeding Methods #

Breeding methods describe the formation of a new germplasm and assignment of a new GID. Generally the application of a breeding method is followed by the creation of new labels, such as seed packets to support harvest or differentiating individual fish from their siblings with RFID tags. DeltaBreed comes with a list of predefined breeding methods. The names and descriptions of the predefined breeding methods are purposefully generic to suit the needs of a variety of breeding systems. Breeding methods can include:

• Generative methods: genetic diversity is expected to increase in the new germplasm.
• Derivative methods: genetic diversity is expected to decrease in the new germplasm.
• Maintenance methods: genetic diversity is expected not to change the new germplasm.

Create Breeding Methods #

If a breeding method that is important to your program is missing from the default list or if the predefined options are too generic to be useful, you can customize your own method.

Select Create Breeding Method.

Enter the details. Name and abbreviation should be unique. Save

Use case: The default method, (CFV) Clone formation (Veg), might be considered too generic for a program that clones germplasm via grafting, so a custom breeding method might be preferable.

After a new method has successfully been created for the program, the method name or abbreviation can be used to describe the formation of germplasm entries (See Germplasm for more information). Note that this new breeding method will not be added to the germplasm template, but will be available for you to use.