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
Trait Ontology on Bioportal: TO
Links to Collaborator Sites:
GCP Phenotype and Trait Ontology
Trait lists on Google docs
Triticeae Toolbox Traits for Wheat
Ontology Issues:
root term: plant trait (TO:0000387)
need to fix definition of plant trait to include cellular components and biochemical traits etc
current def'n: A measurable or observable characteristic of a plant anatomical entity (PO:0000003) and/or a plant structure development stage (PO:0009012).
proposed def'n: A measurable or observable characteristic of a plant anatomical entity (PO:0000003), a plant structure development stage (PO:0009012) or a plant cellular component, biological process and/or a molecular function.
Comment: This includes physiological, molecular and biochemical traits as well.
cellular component (GO:0005575)
biological process (GO:0008150)
molecular function (GO:0003674)
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:
tuber traits:
tuber (PO:0004543): An enlarged storage branch
subterranean tuber (PO:0004547): A tuber that is below ground
tuber epidermis (PO:0025048): subterranean tuber epidermis
tuber flesh (PO:0025038): subterranean tuber storage parenchyma
tuber eye (PO:0025042): subterranean tuber axillary vegetative bud
requested terms:
Suggested def'ns:
tuber shape- The shape of the tuber
tuber size- The physical size of the tuber
tuber appearance- The overall appearance of the tuber. A 1-9 scale is used, with 1 the lowest score (very poor) and 9 the highest (excellent)
tuber mass- The mass of the tuber
