Crop ontologies have been identified under the Generation Challenge Program and at the International Potato Center (CIP) as a crucial tool for managing and analyzing crop related information. Here we report progress on applying ontological concepts on sweetpotato traits important for breeders and varietal development. We defined a general strategy of identifying important traits based on their re-use in catalogs and experience in usage. A list of about 40 descriptors was identified, including 17 morphological and 22 evaluation traits. Those traits were crosschecked against other crop-ontologies (cassava, barley, maize, solanaceae) on the community site ‘crop ontology’ for consistency. Where appropriate, we annotated linkages. The current draft list of traits is still work-in-progress and subject to further review and refinement. This will include completion of traits, further consistency checks and translation before depositing on the crop-ontology site. The 39 descriptors include morphological (17), agronomical (3), resistance (4), biochemical (11) and post-harvest (4) traits.
Progress in developing a sweetpotato ontology for breeders
Citation: Simon, R.; Hualla, V.; Eyzaguirre, R.; Cordova, R.; Mwanga, R.O.M.; Rossel, G.; Gruneberg, W. 2014. Progress in developing a sweetpotato ontology for breeders. Workshop on Crop Ontology and Phenotyping Data Interoperability. Montpellier (France). 31 Mar - 4 Apr 2014. Poster (France). 1 p.
2015-10-22
BIGDATA, BIODIVERSITY FOR THE FUTURE, BREEDING, GENEBANK, SWEETPOTATOES
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