The cROP (Common Reference Ontologies for Plants) Initiative

The vision of the cROP initiative is to develop a reference set of ontologies for all plants.

First proposed set of ontologies to be developed within the cROP Initiative

1. PO*: Plant Ontology
2. GO: Gene Ontology
3. PRO: Protein Ontology
4. TO*: Plant Trait Ontology
5. EO*: Environment Ontology (plant treatments) browse at Gramene
6. ENVO: Ontology of environmental features and habitats
7. PATO: Phenotype Quality Ontology
8. Taxonomy: USDA-GRIN / NCBI / New?
9. GAZ: An Ontologically-Informed Gazetteer (geographical locations)
10. Plant IDO*: Plant Infectious Disease Ontology [1]
11. Plant Diseases*: List of plant diseases
12. CHEBI: dictionary of molecular entities
13. PCO: Population and Community ontology

For ontologies labeled *, the 'Planteome' group may adopt their development.