Location: IITA headquarters at Ibadan, Nigeria
This training is a professional development course designed by the Excellence in Breeding (EiB) Platform to increase the skillset of plant breeders to design breeding schemes. Across the public and private sector there is a gap on how to design breeding schemes and instead breeding schemes are normally inherited from one breeder to the other. EiB’s Module 2 and collaborators from seed industry have addressed this issue by developing and making the breeding scheme design training. In shared sessions with EiB’s operations workshop we will discuss challenges and strategies for improvement.
Resources:
Agenda
Day 1 - 21 February
| Start | End | Description | Moderators |
| 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Welcome and introductions | Michael Abberton, Jan Debaene |
| 9:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Tools and methods in market segment definition | Agnes Mbugua |
| 11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:45 AM | 12:30 PM | Discussion | |
| 12:30 PM | 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM | 4:00 PM | Tools and methods in breeding scheme design | Eduardo Covarrubias |
| 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Break | |
| 4:15 PM | 5:30 PM | Questions and discussion | Eduardo Covarrubias |
Day 2 - 22 February
| Start | End | Description | Moderators |
| 8:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Quantitative Genetics Intro | Marlee Labroo |
| 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 10:45 AM | 12:30 PM | Discussion: Applying the breeder's equation to your program | Marlee Labroo |
| 12:30 PM | 2:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Key performance indicators (genetic gain) and way forward | Eduardo Covarrubias |
| 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Discussion | Eduardo Covarrubias |
| 3:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Field visit: Seed processing facilities | Amer Njam |
| 4:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Group discussion: Findings and next steps |
Day 3 - 23 February
| Start | End | Description | Moderators |
| 8:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Trial Design, METs, GxE Interaction | Christian Werner |
| 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 10:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Discussion | Christian Werner |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM | 2:30 PM | Optimal program size and management of genetic variation | Dorcus Gemenet |
| 2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Discussion | Dorcus Gemenet |
| 3:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Field tour | Amer Njam |
Day 4 - 24 February
| Start | End | Description | Moderators |
| 8:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Selection methods and indices | Marlee Labroo |
| 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Recycling strategy and management of genetic variation | Dorcus Gemenet |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Genomic prediction in plant breeding programs | Christian Werner |
| 3:30 PM | 5:30 PM | Visit to the field | Amer Njam |
Day 5 - 25 February
| Start | End | Description | Moderators |
| 8:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Genomic prediction in plant breeding programs | Christian Werner |
| 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Break | |
| 10:15 AM | 12:00 PM | Genotyping services and learnings | Ana Oliveira |
| 12:00 PM | 1:30 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Wrap up |
Support: We thank Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other EiB partners for their support in delivering this work.
More information: contact Eduardo Covarrubias, g.covarrubias (a) cgiar.org