Curators of the Ontology

Curators of the species ontologies in 2022

Bambara Groundnut

Liliana Andres, Curator of Crop Dietary Nutrition Ontology (CDNO), South Cross University, Australia

Banana

Marie-Angélique Laporte, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, France

Barley

Azzo, Raafat and Visioni, Andrea (ICARDA)

Beet

Cyril Pommier, INRAe, France

Bracharia

Valheria Castiblanco and Luis Miguel Hernandez, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, Colombia

Brassica

Wiktor Jurkowski, Earlham Institute, UK

Cassava

Afolabi Agbona, IITA, Nigeria and Naama Menda, Boyce Thompson Institute, USA

Castor Bean

Salihu, B. Z., NCRI, Nigeria; Julian Pietragalla, IBP, Mexico

Chickpea

 ICRISAT, India

Coconut  Stéphanie Sidibe-Bocs, Andrea Maria Guyot, CIRAD 

Common Bean

Guerrero Alberto Fabio, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, Colombia

Cotton

Jing Yu, Washington State University, USA

Cowpea

Sam Ofodile and and Tunde Agbaje, IITA, Nigeria

Faba Bean

Fouad Maalouf, ICARDA

Groundnut

ICRISAT, India

Lentil

Agrawal, Shiv Kumar (ICARDA)

Maize

Kate Dreher, CIMMYT, Mexico

Mungbean

Julian Pietragalla, IBP, Mexico

Oats

David Waring, Cornell University, USA

Pearl Millet

 ICRISAT, India

Pigeon Pea

ICRISAT, India

Potato

Vilma Hualla, Elisa Salas, Thiago Mendes, CIP, Peru

Quinoa

Clara S. Stanschewski, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudia Arabia

Rice

Jeffrey Detrás IRRI, Philippines

Sorghum

Abhishek Rathore, CIMMYT, Mexico; David Pot, CIRAD, France

Soybean

Nachilima, Christabell (IITA), Nigeria

Sugar Kelp

David Waring, Cornell University, USA

Sunflower

Evan Staton, University of British Columbia, Canada

Sweet Potato

Godwill  Makunde, (CIP-SSA), Mozambic

Yam

Afola Agbona, IITA, Nigerie

Vitis

Cyril Pommier, INRAe, France

Wheat

Rosemary Shrestha, CIMMYT, Mexico and Julian Pietragalla, IBP, Mexico

Woody Species

Celia Michotey, INRAE , France and Ines Chaves, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB), Universidade  NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal