[Fwd: [ geneontology-Curator requests-929957 ] vivipary]

[Tinker, Nicholas]

But, 
If an ontology defines "vivipary" as a "type of" preharvest sprouting
(or vice-versa) then won't it help the corn people do comparative
genomics with the barley people?  

> 
> Hi folks,
>    In the small grains, this is called preharvest sprouting.  It's
> well-understood, and as Mary suggests is the result of lack of seed
> dormancy
> and a wet harvest environment.  Calling it vivipary won't improve
> understanding of the process.  In both barley and wheat the genetics
of
> dormancy and of preharvest sprouting is pretty well-understood.
> Cheers,
> Tom Blake, barley breeder, Montana State University
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grains-request at greengenes.cit.cornell.edu
> [mailto:grains-request at greengenes.cit.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Mary
> Polacco
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:04 AM
> To: po-dev at plantontology.org, Pankaj Jaiswal; POC-dev
> Cc: Jennifer I Clark; rice-e-net at chanko.lab.nig.ac.jp;
> grains at greengenes.cit.cornell.edu
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: [ geneontology-Curator requests-929957 ] vivipary]
> 
> Is there going to be consideration of the related process, dormancy?
> 
> > From: Pankaj Jaiswal <pj37 at cornell.edu>
> > Reply-To: po-dev at plantontology.org, Pankaj Jaiswal
<pj37 at cornell.edu>
> > Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:57:44 -0400
> > To: POC-dev <po-dev at plantontology.org>
> > Cc: Jennifer I Clark <jenclark at ebi.ac.uk>,
> rice-e-net at chanko.lab.nig.ac.jp,
> > grains at greengenes.cit.cornell.edu
> > Subject: [Fwd: [ geneontology-Curator requests-929957 ] vivipary]
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I though that some people from the plant community may be interested
in
> > the discussion on adding a new term VIVIPARY (and its instances ??)
in
> > the Gene Ontology.
> >
> > Please follow the link below on the discussion
> >
>
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=440764&aid=929957&grou
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> id
> =3
> > 6855
> >
> > A couple of questions are:
> >
> > #1 whether we need the two instances of a generic term VIVIPARY
> >
> > vegetative vivipary (sensu Magnoliophyta)
> > non-vegetative vivipary (sensu Magnoliophyta)
> >
> >
> > #2 Is there anything called as vegetative vivipary.
> >
> >
> > BY definition, in cereal plants or elsewhere, vivipary is defined as
> >
> > "A process promoting the germination of embryos while still attached
to
> > the mother plant. "
> >
> > -Pankaj
> >
> >
> >
> >