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Phenotype and Trait Ontology

Ontology name Ontology description Type
Apple
Created on Tuesday 23rd of August, 2022. 13:13:10
53 variables

Apple (Malus domestica) defines crop traits and variables to support the standardisation of apple breeding databases providing description of agronomic, morphological, physiological, quality traits, its methods and scales.

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Bambara groundnut
Created on Friday 20th of December, 2019. 08:42:44
163 variables

version Dec 2019

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Banana
Created on Thursday 18th of April, 2019. 10:45:39
390 variables

Banana Trait Dictionary in template 5 - Bioversity & IITA - April 2019

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Barley
Created on Tuesday 9th of June, 2020. 07:45:15
148 variables

ICARDA - TDv5 - Sept 2018

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Barley Trait POLAPGEN Ontology
Created on Thursday 13th of June, 2013. 08:55:53
0 variables

Barley Trait Ontology template v 4, 6 June 2013 submitted by the Institute of Plant Genetics Poznan on behalf of Polapgen Consortium Poland

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Beet Ontology
Created on Wednesday 5th of August, 2020. 08:26:03
369 variables

This ontology was built as part of the AKER project. It describes variables used in beet phenotyping (experimental properties and measurement scale) for each institution (INRAE, Geves, ITB) and breeding companies (Florimond Desprez). Curator: Dorothee Charruaud (ADRINORD - URGI) Daphne Verdelet (Florimond Desprez) - First submission in November 2017.

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Blueberry
Created on Thursday 16th of November, 2023. 08:26:01
178 variables

Blueberry (Vaccinium) ontology defines crop traits and variables to support the standardization of phenotypic data collection for blueberry breeding programs in the USA. The ontology provides a description of agronomic, biochemical, morphological, phenological, physiological, quality, abiotic and biotic stress traits with their methods and scales used for each trait.

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Brachiaria
Created on Tuesday 21st of March, 2017. 12:48:44
82 variables

Brachiaria (forages) ontology TD v5 - Version Oct 2016

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Brassica
Created on Monday 27th of November, 2017. 13:25:38
155 variables

Brassica Trait Ontology (BRaTO) hosts trait information to describe brassica crop data. Terms are collected from various projects including OREGIN, RIPR (UK) and Rapsodyn (France). BRATO development is conducted by Earlham Institute (UK), Southern Cross University (Australia) and INRA (France).

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Cassava
Created on Monday 8th of February, 2016. 17:21:16
379 variables

Cassava Trait Dictionary in template 5 - IITA - July 2015, updated in February 2016, and in 2023 for the traits from on farm trials

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Castor bean
Created on Tuesday 2nd of May, 2017. 12:25:10
75 variables

March 2017 version

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Chickpea
Created on Monday 15th of February, 2016. 17:19:03
89 variables

Chickpea Trait Dictionary in template v5 - ICRISAT - July 2015

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Coconut
Created on Tuesday 26th of October, 2021. 15:13:25
255 variables

Coconut Ontology v1.0 - Coconut trait dictionary started by CIRAD, based on the "Guidelines for collecting coconut germplasm characterisation data during prospecting missions", COGENT (to be published); the "Descriptors for Coconut, (Cocos nucifera L.)", IPGRI (1995); and the "Manual on standardized research techniques in coconut breeding", IPGRI (1996).

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Common bean
Created on Friday 18th of August, 2023. 09:57:30
184 variables

CIAT Common bean trait dictionary - Updated version Nov. 2023, with the traits and variables for on farm comparative ranking of varieties

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Cotton
Created on Wednesday 19th of June, 2019. 10:04:16
561 variables

Cotton ontology from CottonGen database - June 2019

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Cowpea
Created on Tuesday 6th of September, 2016. 10:43:19
224 variables

Cowpea Trait Dictionary - IITA - August 2015 - Updated Nov 2023 with the traits and variables for on farm comparative ranking of varieties

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Fababean
Created on Friday 14th of December, 2018. 19:57:16
94 variables

developed by ICARDA - Dec 2018

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Groundnut
Created on Thursday 4th of January, 2018. 14:32:05
191 variables

Groundnut Trait Dictionary in template v5 - ICRISAT/ISRA/DARS - Sept 2015 -Updated Nov 2023 with traits from the on farm trials for the comparative ranking of varieties

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Lentil
Created on Monday 15th of February, 2016. 17:34:51
68 variables

Lentil Trait Dictionary in template v5 - ICARDA - July 2015

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Maize
Created on Monday 22nd of November, 2021. 14:10:06
368 variables

Maize Trait Dictionary in template 5 - CIMMYT- September 2016- Updated nov 2023 Updated Nov 2023 with the traits and variables for on farm comparative ranking of varieties

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Mungbean
Created on Tuesday 2nd of May, 2017. 10:47:54
89 variables

oct 2016

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Oat
Created on Tuesday 8th of October, 2019. 13:07:25
328 variables

Oat trait dictionary started by Oat Global (http://oatglobal.org/) and improved by NIAB and PepsiCo

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Pearl millet
Created on Monday 30th of May, 2016. 11:20:58
72 variables

Pearl millet Trait Dictionary in template 5 - ICRISAT/INERA - April 2016 - Updated with onfarm trial traits from 1000Farms project, 2024

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Pigeonpea
Created on Tuesday 3rd of September, 2019. 07:51:21
73 variables

Pigeonpea Trait Dictionary in template v5 - ICRISAT - July 2015

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Potato
Created on Tuesday 22nd of January, 2019. 16:16:58
382 variables

CIP - potato ontology - december 2018

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Quinoa Ontology
Created on Monday 30th of August, 2021. 09:17:56
41 variables

Curator name: Clara S. Stanschewski; Curator Affiliation: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Contributing Scientists or Crop expert group: The Salt Lab and the Quinoa Phenotyping Consortium Creation Date: 23.05.2021

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Red clover
Created on Wednesday 21st of August, 2024. 07:24:18
28 variables

This red clover (Trifolium pratense) onthology defines variables and traits to support the standardization of phenotypic data collected in the framework of breeding. The ontology describes agronomic traits, productivity traits, traits related to flowering and seed production, and disease and insect pest resistance traits, together with their methods and scales for each traits.

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Rice
Created on Monday 18th of April, 2016. 17:01:16
405 variables

Rice Trait Dictionary in template v 5.0 - IRRI - March 2016 - Based on SES, RD, UPOV variables and on variables used by CIAT, FLAR and the GRISP Phenotyping Network variables

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Sainfoin
Created on Thursday 10th of November, 2022. 08:08:22
132 variables

This ontology describes a standard trait lexicon used in phenotyping the forage and pulse crop, Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia), with the intention of increasing trait consistency across different breeding programs. Submitted on behalf of the Sainfoin Consortium on November 3rd, 2022. Version 1.0.

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Solanaceae Phenotype Ontology
Created on Wednesday 12th of October, 2011. 17:18:27
0 variables

Solanaceae-specific traits and phenotypes

OBO
Sorghum
Created on Friday 2nd of February, 2018. 13:05:15
345 variables

Sorghum TDv5 - Oct 2019- Updated January 2024 with the Traits of 1000Farms project trials using comparative ranking by farmers method

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Soybean
Created on Friday 2nd of September, 2016. 07:35:27
90 variables

Soybean Trait Dictionary in template v5 - IITA - July 2015

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Strawberry
Created on Wednesday 3rd of July, 2024. 07:50:06
120 variables

Strawberry trait ontology by USDA, GDR, 24 June 2024

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Sugar Kelp trait
Created on Monday 5th of March, 2018. 17:11:36
81 variables

Sugar Kelp trait ontology

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Sunflower
Created on Monday 16th of December, 2019. 09:13:56
351 variables

December 2019

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Sweet Potato
Created on Thursday 28th of November, 2019. 14:12:42
334 variables

Sweetpotato Trait Dictionary in template v5 - CIP - November 2019

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Vitis
Created on Wednesday 12th of July, 2017. 14:29:18
273 variables

Grape Ontology including OIV and bioversity descriptors. INRA July 2017

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Wheat
Created on Friday 15th of February, 2019. 09:19:11
519 variables

July 2018

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Woody Plant Ontology
Created on Monday 8th of June, 2020. 15:08:16
499 variables

This ontology lists all variables used for woody plant observations. Terms are collected from various sources (past and ongoing projects at national and international levels). Curators: Celia Michotey (INRAE) & Ines Chaves (ITQB NOVA/IBET) - Version 2 submitted on Jun 2020 by INRAE.

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Yam
Created on Friday 14th of June, 2019. 08:59:29
238 variables

version 2019 - pvs

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