ICIS Training 2007
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ICIS Breeders' Training Course
A training course on how to use ICIS applications for managing breeders' information will be held from 2-6 September (Sunday to Thursday) at ICARDA. Course Topics will be as follows:
Introduction to the International Crop Information System (ICIS) for Plant Breeders
Course Description
The International Crop Information System (ICIS) is a database system for the management and integration of crop research data, which includes specialist user interfaces for diverse disciplines. This course is primarily for plant breeders who want to use ICIS to manage breeding program data, but will be useful for crop scientists who manage data for research on genetic resources or germplasm evaluation.
The course consists of lectures and hands-on practical exercises using ICIS with rice data. It aims to introduce participants to the various ICIS components, and the available tools and modules within them. Topics included are tools and modules in the following components:
- Genealogy Management System (GMS)
- Name Searching
- Generating/Importing Nursery Lists
- Prescribing Crosses or Advancing Lines
- Editing Characteristics
- Data Management System (DMS)
- Using Workbook
- Formulating Data Retrieving Queries
- Inventory Management System (IMS)
- Tracking of Seed Stocks
- Depositing/Reserving of Stocks
- Labels and Bar coding
Schedule of Training
| Time | Topic/Activity | Resource Person |
| 2-Sept | ||
| AM | ||
| 8:00- 9:30 | Registration & Orientation | Akin |
| Welcome Message | ICARDA Director General | |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Snack | |
| 9:45 -10:45 | Introduction to ICIS and its deployment in breeding programs | Graham |
| A model breeding project for training exercises | ||
| 10:45– 11:00 | Running IRIS Applications with Launcher | William |
| 11:00-11:15 | GMS Search application | |
| 11:15-12:00 | Searching lines/varieties/cultivars from IWIS/IBIS etc | Jesper/Akin |
| PM | ||
| 1:00-2:00 | SetGen & Germplasm Lists: Formation of the Hybridization Block | William |
| 2:00-2:45 | InTrack & Reserving Seed Stock | Vivay |
| 2:45-3:00 | Snack | |
| 3:00-4:00 | New Germplasm: Making the F1 and F2 nursery lists | William |
| 3-Sept | ||
| AM | ||
| 8:00-9:00 | Managing Pedigree Nurseries: Generating the F3 and F4 Nursery Lists | William |
| 9:00 – 9:45 | The DMS Model & the ICIS Workbook | Arllet |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Snack | |
| 10:00 –12:00 | Creating Workbook file for Germplasm List | Vivay |
| PM | ||
| 1:00 – 2:45 | Workbook Templates: Loading data from a Workbook Template | Vivay |
| 2:45-3:00 | Snack | |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Advancing Line with Batch Processing | William |
| 04-Sept | ||
| AM | ||
| 8:00 – 9:40 | Managing Seed Stocks, Labels and Barcoding | Vivay |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Snack | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Nursery Lists of replicated yield trials | Graham |
| 1. Creating an RYT List | William | |
| 2. Checking availability of Seed Stocks | Vivay | |
| PM | 3. Creating Layout file using CropStat | Graham |
| 4. Creating Field Book for RYT by merging template & layout | Arllet | |
| Depositing of Seed Stock through Batch processing | Vivay | |
| 05-Sept | ||
| AM | Data Queries and reports using ICIS Retriever | Arllet |
| PM | Entering historical pedigrees into ICIS | William |
| BROWSE Application | Graham | |
| Importing existing nursery lists into ICIS | William | |
| 06 - Sept | ||
| AM | Entering individual materials to IWIS/IBIS etc | Jesper/Akin |
| PM | ||
| 1:00-2:30 | Continuation | Jesper/Akin |
| 2:30-2:45 | Snack | |
| 2:45-4:00 | Setting Workbook for individual nurseries/trials/studies | Jesper/Akin |
| 07 - Sept | TOUR | Akin |
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