Plant Trait Ontology
This page will be a place to keep track of the work on developing the Plant Trait Ontology
New:
Call for papers: Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development
Crop Plant Trait Ontology paper
Also: Ontologies and semantic technologies for agricultural knowledge in practice
Related Wiki Pages and Links:
Details about the plans for the Crop_Ontology_Workshop_at_OSU,_2012
Work on the wood traits: Goal_3._Wood_qualities_and_phenotypes
TO Tracker on SourceForge
Links to Collaborator Sites:
GCP Phenotype and Trait Ontology [1]
Ontology Issues:
root term plant trait (TO:0000387)
need to fix definition of to include cellular components and biochemical traits
current def'n: This category belongs to traits associated with changes in the anatomy or structure of the plant at organ, tissue or cellular level.
proposed def'n: A plant trait (TO:0000387) associated with a plant anatomical entity (PO:0000003) or a cellular component thereof.
problem with this currently is that it does not include whole plant traits, but has children such as plant height (is_a shoot anatomy and morphology trait)
whole plant trait
has been obsoleted, maybe we should consider bringing back?
shoot anatomy and morphology trait TO:0000077
current def'n: Traits associated with changes in the anatomy or structure of the shoot and its parts.
proposed def'n:
Trait lists on Google docs
Triticeae Toolbox Traits for Wheat
Other useful links
Trait Ontology on Bioportal: TO
