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Crop Information Engine and Research Assistant (CIERA)

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Welcome to the CIERA Wiki

CIERA Main Menu

CIERA supports plant breeding programs by organizing and connecting pedigree, phenotypic, genotypic, and field-trial information.

This wiki provides instructions, tutorials, and reference materials for using CIERA and its associated analysis and field-research tools.

Documentation status: This wiki is under active development. Additional tutorials and reference materials will be added as they become available.

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Installation

• Installation Instructions for Swift Current Research and Development Centre
• Installation for Demo

Pedigree Data

• Looking up Pedigree Information
• Looking up Germplasm Lists
• Entering Pedigree Records
• Import Germplasm List
• Pedigree Records Best Practice

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Phenotypic Data

• Searching for Phenotypic Data
• Loading Phenotypic Data from a CIERA Fieldbook
• Loading Phenotypic Data from a Non-CIERA Fieldbook
• Phenotypic Data Best Practices

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Genotypic Data

• Searching for Marker Information
• Searching for Genotypic Data by Dataset
• Add/Edit Marker Information
• Add/Edit Marker Controls
• Add/Edit Marker-Trait associations for markers
• Loading/Deleting Genotypic Datasets
• Add/Edit Quantitative Trait Locus
• Genotypic Data Best Practices

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CIERA Analysis

CIERA Analysis provides tools for examining breeding-trial results, genetic relationships, and crossing strategies.

CIERA Analysis Main Menu

System Requirements

CIERA Analysis requires:

• R version 4.4.2
• A Windows environment variable named R_HOME
• The R_HOME value must point to the installed R directory

For example:

C:\Program Files\R\R-4.4.2

CIERA Analysis may not open when the required version of R is unavailable or when R_HOME is not configured correctly.

Analysis Documentation

• Cross Architecture
• Phenotypic Trial Analysis
• Coefficient of Parentage Analysis

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CIERA Tools

CIERA Tools includes utilities for experimental design, field planning, nursery management, labels, envelopes, and other breeding-program workflows.

CIERA Tools Main Menu

Tools Documentation

• Experimental Design Tool
• Field Plans
• Sprouting Tool
• Winter Nursery Tools
• Label Tools
• Envelope Tools
• Introduction Identification (Swift Current Research and Development Centre in-house tool)

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Getting Started

New users should begin with the documentation section that matches the type of information they want to load, search, or analyze.

For instructions about a specific feature, select the appropriate tutorial above or consult the help information provided within the CIERA application.