Information system for the control of the variety biodiversity and characterization of bean cultivation in Cuba

Abstract

In the Local Agricultural Innovation Project (PIAL according its acronym in Spanish), the study of the genetic diversity of germplasm banks of agricultural crops is of great importance for the use and conservation of plant genetic resources in Cuba. The provision of farmers in Cuba of the widest diversity of species and varieties of crops has been without doubt one of its basic purposes. The PIAL does not have an automated system for the control of the processes linked to the thematic axis of genetic diversity and technology. That is to say, the information of the composition of the diversity is stored manually, as well as the process of assessing the behavior agro-morphology from the characterization of the variability in lines of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) sown in late season. Due to the foregoing raised proposes to carry out a system that will automate the control of information in the agricultural biodiversity. The design of the system is based on the RUP methodology and their implementation was carried out using tools of the Java platform. The use of the system facilitates the control agricultural biodeversity information. In addition of saving resources and streamline the work of the researchers in the search for bean varieties that have better performance out of the whole year.