PhenomApp

PhenomApp is an Android application for collecting plant phenotypes in the field using tablets and smart phones. The application is used by plant breeders, agronomists and scientists to record plants observations & images in the field (may be it open-field, greenhouse, nursery etc).

PhenomApp boosts efficiency and productivity of collecting and characterizing plant observations. It replaces the traditional method of pen and paper, saving time, reducing typing errors, matching images to traits data and enables browsing previous information for better decision making.

Download

PhenomApp is available on the Google Play store (search PhenomApp to find it) or click here. Downloading and installing PhenomApp from the Google Play is free of charge. Please note that the free version comes with two restrictions. The first is that it doesn’t allow taking more than 100 observations, and the second is that it is not possible to export data into a file. The free version is suitable mainly for evaluation purposes or small data collections. To remove these restrictions, you need to register with PhenomApp. This is done within PhenomApp main menu, under the registration option. Registration costs 100 Euro and it provides an unrestricted and unlimited license to PhenomApp for a single user on one or more Android devices.

Benefits

• Record phenotypes digitally. Save time, prevent typing errors and help organize your data
• Take in-app images which are automatically matched to each plant / plot
• Upload observations from your mobile device directly into excel worksheet on your computer
• The application works offline, so you are not dependent on Internet connection
• Use the application on any Android enabled device, you do not need to purchase nor you are restricted to any specific hardware
• Free basic features app
• Users report that after the transition from the pen & paper method to PhenomApp, the amount of collected data and images increased significantly

Instructions

1) You can download the detailed user manual here; here is an example csv file to be loaded into PhenomApp.

2) You should format your files accordingly (see user manually for related instructions). After you create your csv file, move it to the device (tablet or smartphone). Within PhenomApp main menu select the "Get field" option, select your csv file and click on "Get field" button. This will load your csv file into PhenomApp and you can start working on it.

Assistance

We are available for any questions and feedback. We also provide assistance for users to help them create their files, loading and working with them in PhenomApp, and exporting it back to Excel. For any questions, comments or feedback, feel free to send an email: yaniv@phenome-networks.com

What's next?

The PhenomApp version that is offered in Google Play store is used as a standalone, i.e its not connected to any other system and its input and output are csv files. However, we also provide a more advanced version that is connected to Phenom-Networks main system (database). This system is a management system allowing users to create their fields in any experimental design, collect data in PhenomApp and automatically synchronize it to the database, and then to analyze data in a wide range of statistical tools and graphical display methods. For more information about our system, send email to: yaniv@phenome-networks.com