Maximilian Mayer obtained his education in Agricultural Science from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). He worked as a cereal breeder (Wheat and Triticale) before joining Wintersteiger in 2021.
Abstract:Digital solutions for plant breeding
Just like all sectors of life, agriculture and plant breeding are becoming increasingly digitalized and ever more data must be managed and handled. At Wintersteiger we support breeders in the transition to the digital age. The backbone of this objective is our breeding software Easy Breed.
The flexible and user-friendly data management software for plant breeding and field trials helps you to successfully develop new crop varieties.
Easy Breed supports you throughout the entire breeding process. From crossing, over trial design and scoring to statistical analysis and selection. Easy Breed communicates with machinery and software inside and outside of the Wintersteiger world, e.g., with the GPS field trial planning software “Mini GIS”, trial planters, scoring software like smatrix and Field Book, drones and picture analysis software from Delair and Alteia as well as with harvesters. This way data is automatically integrated into the Easy Breed database. Time-consuming and error-prone data processing steps are replaced by validated integration routines.
Data collected over different trials, locations and years can be easily consolidated, analyzed, visualized, and presented in reports or graphics. The result: an effective and transparent selection of promising genotypes for the subsequent breeding process.
A special strength of the software is its flexibility: If you want to integrate special analyses, visualizations and reports, you can do so any time. Easy Breed uses the open-source software R and offers interfaces that allow you to make use of your preferred analysis pipelines as well as visualization and reporting methods.
