Research Software for variety testing

Manage your variety testing experiment program, and find performing varieties in your strip and replicated trials: RnDExperience allows the users to track the entire chain of varieties testing process, from inventory and seeds availabilities to data collection and statistical analysis of simple trial or group of trials.

Thanks to its powerful database, all the historical data of your trials are organized, secured and stored, allowing testers to easily query the system and find quickly the best varieties over the years and locations.

Designed to be used as an industrial and collaborative tool, RnDExperience is adapted as well as for small teams as for large teams composed of hundreds of people. Also, ruled by rights controls, the testers can visualize and manipulate in real time data from different trials networks, and quickly react for important decision making and communication.

Preparing variety testing campaign

How does the import of varieties work in the software? Should I import several time same varieties that I want to test?

Based on header recognition, you can import easily data from your Excel or Csv files, thanks to RnDExp smart import interface. All the varieties imported are stored in your “Stock of varieties”, so there is no need to import a same variety several times.

Do I have enough seeds to realize my trials?

You can manage in real time your seeds quantities and will receive warning with potential lack of seeds for the implementation of his trials.

Can I store and study environment data?

It is possible to store covariables related to your experiment such as cultural methods, soil specificities, weather conditions, hydrology in RnDExp Variety Testing Software database. The more you complete these meta-data, the more you will be able to compare homogeneous and same types of data together.

Is it possible to store several levels of data describing my trials?

The testers can store environment covariables and cultural methods. Then store data from larger objects to smaller sub-objects: data at field level > at rows level > at plants level > at flowers level > and so on.

What are the types of designs available in the software for the trials set-up?

Testers have access to a library of pre-configured designs such as Completed Blocks, Lattice, Square Alpha-plans, Split-plots, Spli-split-plots, Invertible Blocks. Also large availabilities of mapping materiel for unreplicated trials or experiments.

Is it possible to print documents for field purpose?

Testers can print many types of documents: Labels (example for sowing), field-maps, forms, handbooks containing traits and observations to score, etc.

Trial management

Can I manage trial networks in simple and multiple locations?

There is a trial network tool to manage your trials in single or multiple locations (different fields, stations, countries). Helping testers to create and configure quickly large trial networks.

Can I manage teams associated to each trial? Even in multiple locations? Is everybody allowed to see all trials data results?

Based on rules of access rights, it is possible to manage different teams from different locations, allowing for example managers to dispatch tasks, have an overview of the work advancement in real time, make some to-do-lists, etc.

Is it possible to connect weather stations with the software?

It is possible to connect multiple devices with the software, for example: Weather station, tablets, bar code readers, NIRS, weight scales, GPS, UAV, etc. Also, you can automate data entry and we have a specific module allowing users to plan tasks that need calculation resources to be launched at period with low users ‘activities (Ex: at the night).

What are the different ways to export and import trials results?

Testers can export handbook or Excel files containing the traits and observations to score. Then they can import back data manually or import Excel files with header recognition. The second way to export/import data is using RnDExp Mobile Enterprise, our dedicated Software for data collection for tablets: Testers just synchronize their data with the Software and can export/import easily their data with no middleman files.

Geography and culture units

Can I have a view of trial implementations on a specific location?

Users can have a view of all experiences set up on a location, or a trial platform, and have a view of the data collection advancement in real time on the field.

Is it possible to manage routes for testing process?

Testers can manage specific route for their field processes (sowing, data collection, harvesting, …) to guide and help them to save their time by organizing their itineraries.

Is it possible to make trial adjustments in the software after the set-up? (modify the design of trials, edit environment covariables, etc.).

After creating the set-up of your trials, sometimes hazards make breeders change the original set-up. RnDExp allows users to make these changes easily and adapt their set-up for a better adjustment to the reality of the breeding conditions.

Validate data, analyze and decide

Is it possible to print field maps with plot numbers?

RnDExp allows the breeders to print field maps of single trial or networks of trials, displaying information such as the route number, the plot number, the name of the blocs, the name of varieties per plot, depending of the preference of the final user.

How easy it is to make statistical analysis?

Obtain in few seconds, complete statistical reports on one trial or network of trials composed of thousand data plots, thanks to RnDExp Statistical tool allowing users to configure their statistical profiles on the variables or traits that they want to analyze.

How to manipulate data easily: Can we work on interactive graphs?

• Yes, RnDExp provides interactive graphs to analyze quickly data, have a quick view of the results, allowing the user to launch interactive PCA, histograms, boxplots, regression and manipulate directly data on the graphs to exclude outliers or select data with interest.

If some data is missing, can I still analyse the data stastistics?

Yes, RnDExp manages estimation of missing values for the analysis of incomplete data, for example based on Yates formula.

It is possible to configure specific reports for marketing purpose? (Communicate results)

• It is possible to configure specific Word, PDF, Excel reports using RnDExp for research purpose or commercial purpose. These reports can include information from different activities, and can be configured depending of the preferences of the end users.
   
• RnDExp can also be linked to the web app “RnDExp Web” that displays selected information from the database directly on a web geographical application. 100% secured and with accurate rights management to configure who is able to see such information or another.