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  "abstract": "Premise: Modern plant breeding requires robust analysis of complex, multi‐environment datasets to identify superior genotypes. Although R offers powerful statistical packages, their use often requires programming expertise. Existing graphical user interface (GUI)‐based tools are either limited in scope or not openly accessible, leaving breeders without a comprehensive solution.\n\nMethods and Results: We introduce PbAT (Plant breeding Analytical Tools), an open‐access Shiny application that unifies multiple R packages into a seamless, code‐free workflow. PbAT enables trial design, data curation, experimental design analysis, stability testing, multivariate methods, and mating design analysis. Outputs include variance components, best linear unbiased estimators (BLUEs), best linear unbiased predictors (BLUPs), ANOVA tables, and publication‐ready plots, accompanied by automated plain‐language interpretations and model equations. Its modular architecture supports future integration of additional tools. PbAT is available online as a web application (https://pbat.online) and as an R package (https://github.com/abhijithkpgen/PbAT).\n\nConclusions: By integrating powerful statistical methods with intuitive interfaces, PbAT streamlines plant breeding analytics, enhances reproducibility, and accelerates data‐driven decision‐making in crop improvement.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "School of Crop Science, ICAR‐Indian Agricultural Research Institute Assam, Gogamukh Dhemaji 787035 Assam India",
    "Division of Genetics ICAR‐Indian Agricultural Research Institute 110012 New Delhi India",
    "ICAR‐Central Soil Salinity Research Institute Regional Research Station Lucknow 226002 Uttar Pradesh India",
    "Division of Crop Improvement ICAR‐Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore 641007 Tamil Nadu India"
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      "name": "Krishnan P. Abhijith",
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      "name": "K. K. Vinod"
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      "name": "Ranjith Kumar Ellur"
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      "name": "K. T. Ravikiran"
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      "name": "Rachit Kumar Saxena"
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      "name": "Vignesh Muthusamy"
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    {
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      "name": "S. Gopala Krishnan"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/64vzx1q75haw3.bib",
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  "doi": "10.1002/aps3.70068",
  "fulltext_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13720341/",
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  "licence": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "licence_label": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "pmcid": "PMC13720341",
  "pmid": "42964337",
  "published": "2026-06-29",
  "publisher": "Wiley",
  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/64vzx1q75haw3.ris",
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  "title": "PbAT: A user‐friendly R/Shiny platform for data‐driven decision support in crop improvement",
  "title_text": "PbAT: A user‐friendly R/Shiny platform for data‐driven decision support in crop improvement",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-03T12:21:14Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/64vzx1q75haw3",
  "venue": "Applications in Plant Sciences",
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