The LABKEY® solution enables a safe use of research information for long time.
Research data is centralized and available following the access rights. Users can be spread over wide distance laboratories; they can work with a high level of access security control, from different countries and using different languages.
Analysis tools specific to the research department are routinely accessible: molecular marking, statistical analysis, multivariate analysis & graphics, decision-making tools, …

The LABKEY® solution is intended for plant breeding companies, and companies working in agrochemical or variety testing. It is used by industrialists working in the breeding of farm crops (cereals, maize, sunflower, rapeseed, beet, etc.), flower and vegetable crops.

Example of the LABKEY solution used by a vegetable breeding company (tomato, melon, squash, bean, pepper, eggplant, lettuce, cabbage, leek, onion, radish) for creating lines, hybrids and populations, breeding and registration process, development and pre-sales activities.

Management of the breeding activity for each crop:

• Crosses making, hybrids generation for recurrent breeding purposes, polycross, pollen group and seed blend. With the LABKEY® solution you can define the generation of new individuals (codes) using specific working methods.
• Management of lines and selfing. With LABKEY® you can track all the operations carried out.
• Assessment of the varieties:
  - Management of nurseries with different levels of materials (repeats, lines, plants, flowers, …)
  - Synthesis of results for nurseries, behavior and trial networks.
  - Assessment of materials with repeat, random or strip controls.

At each stage of the breeding cycle, observations on the genotypes are centralized. It is extremely easy to track back the history of operations carried out and to generate a synthesis for each genotype, using the multi-annual stock. 

As a complement to "conventional" breeding, with the LABKEY® solution you can store molecular marking results according to several analysis methods. LABKEY® offer genetic distance calculation algorithms, dendrogram plotting, main component analysis and graphics. With the LABKEY® solution you can generate Molecular Marker – Phenotype correlation graphs.

Preparation of the experimentation campaign for varieties assessment, agrochemical products and growing methods studies:

• Directly run from inventory, the "planning" tool simulates the set-up of seed quantities and locations according to various protocols.
• Set-up of trials in several locations in accordance with experiment designs and field map and working routes. Print-out of field maps, labels and randomization. 
• Data entry with CATCHKEY®, program that works on hand held computers and PDA for scoring in the field, the laboratory, or on-board machine. Bar-code reader
• Automatic data transfer to the database. 
• Statistical analyses, graphs, dispersions, …
• Report print-outs

Marketing Development and variety Comparisons.

• Comparisons of agrochemical products or varieties for sale with competitors.
• Interactive mapping of the results using an Information Geographical System (IGS) interface.

The LABKEY® solution provides long-term protection to the Research information data base.

It is a Solution that can be customized for information that is: ORGANIZED, SHARED, FULLY EXPLOITED.