POC Conf. Call 10-15-13

POC meeting, Skype Conference Call; Date: Tuesday Oct 15th, 2013 10:30am PST/1:30pm EST

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Wrapping up the vascular leaf development stages:

vascular leaf differentiation stage (new PO:0025574)

This term was proposed during last POC conference call to emphasize the importance of cell and tissue differentiation.

• Revised def'n:vascular leaf differentiation stage (new PO:0025574):

Proposed comment: tba

Gonzalez et al 2012, Trends in Plant Science

vascular leaf expansion stage PO:0001052

old name and def'n: 2 leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052): Stage of leaf development which begins when cell differentiation and cell expansion occurs and finishes when the leaf reaches its full size.

Proposed revised name and def'n vascular leaf expansion stage (PO:0001052): A vascular leaf development stage (PO:0025570) during which vascular leaf size increases primarily through cell expansion.

Proposed comment: During this stage leaf shaping (GO:0010358) occurs which is defined as the developmental process that pertains to the organization of a leaf in three-dimensional space once the structure has initially formed.

• Note: The majority of cell division occurs early in leaf development and cell expansion is the major agent of leaf expansion link or see above image.

From Esau 1965: It appears that leaf differentiation occurs during the intercallary growth of the leaf. The difference between palisade and spongy mesophyll/cells is a matter of individual growth or elongation.

vascular leaf post-expansion stage (PO:0001053):

old name and def'n: 3 leaf fully expanded stage (PO:0001053): Stage of leaf development when leaf is fully expanded.

Proposed new Name and def'n: vascular leaf post-expansion stage: A vascular leaf development stage (PO:0025570) that begins when the vascular leaf (PO:0009025) is fully expanded and ends with the onset of the vascular leaf senescence stage (PO:0001054).

from 9-10-13: Perhaps change term to "vascular leaf mature stage", or maybe keep the "leaf fully expanded stage"???. Examples of leaves with indeterminate growth, ferns, viney leaves, some Mahogany plants, but they are the exceptions. Could add as a comment (get names from DWS).

vascular leaf senescence stage (PO:0001054)

• 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. Need to add the references to the GO terms.

Need to look at this more- abscission zone (PO:0000146) starts in the petioles (are part of the leaf), starts with cell senescence, should refer to 'point of attachment'. Don't need to specify where the abscission zone forms. Note all leaves abscise, end with death of the vascular leaf

Need to review leaf senescence- see plant cell resource

• Links to Relevant References- vascular leaf development
  • Genetic Control of Leaf Development- Plant Cell teaching tools
  • Uchida et al (2010) Coordination of leaf development via regulation of KNOX1 genes. Journal of Plant Research 123: 7–14
  • Comparative plant development: the time of the leaf? Tsiantis & Hay, 2003 Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Li, Brutnell et al (2010) The developmental dynamics of the maize leaf transcriptome. Nat Genet 42: 1060–1067
  • Leaf adaxial–abaxial polarity specification and lamina outgrowth: evolution and development, Plant and Cell Physiology, 2012
  • Gleissberg 2002
  • FERNS: The evolution, morphology, and development of fern leaves, Vasco et al 2013
  • Independent recruitment of a conserved developmental mechanism during leaf evolution
  • Gonzalez et al, Trends in Plant Science 2012

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