POC Conf. Call 9-10-13

POC meeting, Skype Conference Call; Date: Tuesday Sept 10th, 2013 10am PST/1pm EST

In attendance: Laurel Cooper (OSU), Justin Elser (OSU), Justin Preece (OSU), Brian Atkinson (OSU), Dennis W Stevenson (NYBG), Pankaj Jaiswal (OSU), Barry Smith, Marie Alejandra Gandolfo (Cornell)

Absent: none

- please see the Items_for_future_meetings page, will be moved here before the meeting

multi-tissue plant structure development stage (PO:new)

• Needs a parent term: multi-tissue plant structure development stage (PO:new), then the definitions can be re-written, currently a direct child of plant structure development stage (PO:0009012). This would also be the parent for seed development and plant organ development (see below)

Accepted, will post proposed definition on SF tracker

leaf development stage (PO:0001050)

• See Google Doc for revisions in progress.
• Need to look into non-vascular leaf development and see if it applies there as well, or if we will need separate terms for vascular and non-vascular leaves.

• leaf development stage (PO:0001050): A phyllome development stage (PO:0025579) that has as a primary participant a leaf (PO:0025034).

Current structure: All these will be renamed "vascular leaf...."

• Links to Relevant References
  • Genetic Control of Leaf Development- Plant Cell
  • The developmental dynamics of the maize leaf transcriptome
  • Uchida et al (2010) Coordination of leaf development via regulation of KNOX1 genes. Journal of Plant Research 123: 7–14

vascular leaf development stage and child terms

Proposed new term and definition:

• vascular leaf development stage (new PO:0025570): A leaf development stage (PO:0001050) that begins with the onset of vascular leaf initiation stage (PO:0007040) and ends with the termination of the vascular leaf senescence stage (PO:0001054).

We will also need:

• non-vascular leaf development stage (new PO:id): A leaf development stage (PO:0001050) that begins with the onset of non-vascular leaf initiation stage and ends with the termination of the non-vascular leaf senescence stage.

• Need to do more research on the development of the non-vascular leaf

see also: moss phyllides, moss info and Background_info_on_Physco_biology_and_culture.

Add comment on how every stage can end in accidental death. Also mention something death being the canonical end point

New/revised child terms under vascular leaf development stage (PO:0025570)

• Note: Use "during which" rather than "when" and "ends with the beginning of the..."
• Each definition should have a consistent format (ie. begin with the termination/ends with the initiation).
• Add a comment on the top level term about how all PSDS's may be terminated before reaching senescence stage.

• vascular leaf initiation stage (PO:0007040): A vascular leaf development stage (PO:0025570) when localized cells of the peripheral zone (PO:0000225) in the shoot apical meristem (PO:0020148) transition from indeterminate growth to determinate growth and ends with the beginning of the vascular leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052). Comment: Cells in the primordium are not yet differentiated.

DWS: Should omit transition from indeterminate growth -> determinate growth. The peripheral meristem is always in the shoot apical meristem.

The cells in the SAM transition from anticlinal divisions to periclinal divisions, leading to a leaf primordium or bump. Usually in L2 or L3, rarely in L1.

Later mitosis ceases leaving the marginal or submarginal meristems and the leaf expansion stage is mainly cell expansion

Leaf development in Monocots need to be looked at as they have a basal intercalary meristem.

What are "localized cells"? The cell divisions are localized

Create a 'vascular leaf primordium development stage', followed by a stage called 'vascular leaf surface polarity determination stage (synonym "pre-expansion stage)'

• vascular leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052): A vascular leaf development stage (PO:0025570) that begins with cell differentiation and cell expansion forming the leaf lamina (PO:0020039) and ends with the onset of the leaf fully expanded stage (PO:0001053).
  • new comment: The majority of leaf expansion is due to cell enlargement. The leaves of some plants may not have a conspicuous midrib or rachis.

• vascular leaf post-expansion stage (PO:0001053): A vascular leaf development stage (PO:0025570) that begins when the vascular leaf (PO:0009025) is fully expanded and cell expansion has ceased and ends with the onset of the vascular leaf senescence stage (PO:0001054).

Perhaps change term to vascular leaf mature stage

• vascular leaf senescence stage (PO:0001054): A vascular leaf development stage (PO:0025570) that begins with the formation of a abscission zone at the base of a vascular leaf (PO:0009025) and ends with leaf separation and death.

Would omit formation of a abscission zone. Perhaps say ends with death of vascular leaf.

Note: Will have the new preceded_by relation added to order them

Children of vascular leaf initiation stage (PO:0007040)

• formation of vascular leaf founder cells (PO:0001003): A vascular leaf initiation stage (PO:0007040) when the cells of the shoot apical meristem (PO:0020148) form a vascular leaf anlagen (PO:0025431).

Comment: The leaf primordium is not yet distinguishable.

Children of vascular leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052)- revised names and definitions:

• formation of vascular leaf primordium stage (PO:0001019): A vascular leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052) when the shoot apical meristem (PO:0020148) forms a vascular leaf primordium (PO:0000017) on the peripheral zone (PO:0000225).

this terms should move up to be a child of vascular leaf dev stage

• formation of vascular leaflet primordia stage (PO:0004500): A vascular leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052) at which a leaflet primordium (PO:0025481) is initiated on the leaf rachis (PO:0020055) of a compound leaf (PO:0020043).

need to review this in terms of leaflet discussion

• formation of ligule primordium stage (PO:0001021): A vascular leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052) when conical P3 leaf completely encloses SAM, and the ligule (PO:0020105) primordium is visible.

check "ligule (PO:0020105) primordium"- PO:id should be after the term, need to create a term ligule primordium

Discussion on the rest of the terms were tabled for the next meeting:

• hood-shaped primordium stage (PO:0001020: A vascular leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052) when a hood-shaped primordium is formed, partially enclosing P1 and SAM, as in Poaceae.

• rapid elongation of vascular leaf lamina stage (PO:0001023): A vascular leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052) during which a rapid elongation of the leaf lamina (PO:0020039) occurs.

• elongation of leaf sheath stage (PO:0001024): A vascular leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052) during which a rapid elongation of the leaf sheath (PO:0020104) occurs.

OBO Foundry Review of Plant Ontology

Content of the review has been moved to a gdoc

NSF PI meeting Sept 4th-6th in DC

• PJ and DWS attended

Any news?

Upcoming meetings and Presentations 2013-2014:

• The Plant Genomics Congress USA, St Louis, September 23rd & 24th, 2013

No one from PO is planning to attend

• PAG 2014 January 11-15, 2014 - San Diego, CA, USA

• • PJ has been contacted by PAG organizers; Suggest slightly new focus "Plant Ontologies and Systems Biology"
  • Ideas for speakers- someone from GO and others?>>

• • Registration is now open: PAG 2014. Early reg'n till Nov. 1st

Next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Sept 24th, 2013 at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern

-MAG has requested the meeting be moved to 10:30am Pacific/1:30 pm Eastern- would that works for the others in the group?

Works for most, BS may have a conflict once a month