Work Completed

  • [Outreach] Updated BIMS User Guide available (7/2025)
  • Enhanced Search Result pages by updating trait selection for view/download to display only traits relevant to filtered samples and categorizing traits by format (7/2025)
  • Improved genotype data loading performance (7/2025)
  • Expanded Search functionality by enabling Photo and text traits searchable (7/2025)
  • New photo page added for downloading images from search results (7/2025)
  • [Outreach] BIMS training for WABP/Apple SunBurn Project (6/6/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS/FieldBook BrAPI meeting for Washington Apple Breeding Program (6/4/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS-BreedBase BrAPI meeting with BreedBase and Breeding Insight (5/23/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS training meeting with USDA coffee breeders (5/22/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS training workshop at NAPB 2025 (5/18/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS training for Blueberry/Strawberry program at Auburn (5/7/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS/Field Book Hybrid Seminar at UC Riverside (4/30/25)
  • [Outreach] In-person training for the Citrus Breeding Program at UC Riverside (4/28/25-5/2/25)
  • Enhanced Search Result pages with downloadable files showing average trait values for all and filtered samples per accession (5/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS webinar for WABP program (4/25/25)
  • URL to specific trial or a program available to share with collegue (4/25)
  • Search phenotype by custom properties of accession/samples added (3/25)
  • Templates improved by adding 'Block' as a sample property to enable multi-level field design (3/25)
  • Accession and progeny template merged to simplify entering data (3/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS training with FruitDiv (3/27/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS demonstration for banana project team (3/11/25)
  • Sample page updated (2/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS discussion with Bluberry Breeding Program at NC State (2/4/25)
  • [Outreach] BIMS training for Citrus Breeding Program at UC Riverside (1/30/25)
  • MCL data templates added for importing data from a remote site through BrAPI
  • [Outreach] BIMS webinar for Blueberry Program at University of Georgia (9/24)
  • Two new permission levels were added (3/24)
  • [Outreach] BIMS training for FruitDiv Team (2/24)
  • Image data management available in BIMS (1/24)!
  • [Outreach] BIMS webinar with the sweet basil breeding team (Simon Lab) at Rutger's University (10/23)
  • BIMS available to breeders of any crops (1/23)
  • Addition of how to use BrAPI to transfer data 
  • [Outreach] BIMS webinar with the Cannabaceae breeding team of the Copyleft Cannabis Project (11/22)
  • Trait descriptor export (BIMS-Field Book) through BrAPI enabled (8/22)
  • [Outreach] BIMS webinar with the breeding team at the Land Institute (8/22)
  • Importing public trait descriptors from home community databases (GDR, CottonGEN, etc) to private program enabled (7/22)
  • Addition of the functionality to import public trait descriptors to BIMS private program (5/22)
  • [Outreach] BIMS manual has been updated (1/22)
  • [Outreach] BIMS webinar with Strawberry breeding program at UNH (11/21)
  • Removed the  hierarchy of cross (cross_group) and introduced 'cross/package/sowing' (11/21)
  • [Outreach] BIMS paper has been published (8/21)
  • BIMS made BrAPI compliant (7/21)
  • [Outreach] BIMS webinar with Rose breeding program at Texas A&M (7/21)
  • [Outreach] BIMS webinar with Strawberry breeding program at UNH (2/11)
  • [Outreach] BIMS webinar with Agriculture Canada, strawberry/raspberry breeding program (1/21): general feature
  • Addition of the functionality to import public data in the community database into breeders' private BIMS (11/20)
  • Addition of the function to change the owner of the program (11/20)
  • Addition of the function to download stock-site information (11/20)
  • [Outreach] BIMS webinar with University of Florida blueberry breeding team (10/20): data templates
  • [Outreach] BIMS Webinar with VacCAP breeders (8/20): general feature
  • [Outreach] BIMS Webinar with University of Minnesota soybean breeding team (7/20): general feature and genotype data
  • Added a function to associate sowing information to cross or cross_group (03/20)
  • Added a hierarchy to cross and named 'cross_group' to store cross and individual seed package information (02/20)
  • Search Cross available (10/19)
  • Haplotype loader available (9/19)
  • Configuration page allows users to choose regular and custom properties to be used as phenotype search categories (8/19)
  • Searching by phenotype and downloadig genotype data (and vice versa) available (8/19)
  • Loading and searching genotyping data available (7/19)
  • Downloading phenotype data in long form available (6/19)
  • Adding mean/max/min/std and frequency in the downloaded file from search
  • Comparing trait statistics from different categories (year, cross, etc)
  • Adding frequency for categorical traits
  • Individual data editing functionality available
  • Mean/max/min/std value available for 'date' type trait (using the number of days from January 1st)
  • Archiving of data: user can download their entire program at any point and view history of downloads
  • Generating input files for Field Book App
  • Data import from templates and Field Book output
  • Viewing statistics for each trait for the entire data, a cross, a trial, an accession and a list of accessions from a search
  • Search and save results and download