Growth&Dev Curation ATTN Anu, Katica, Leszek

[Mary (Polacco) Schaeffer]

Anu and I have discussed the vagueness some folks use in describing
developmental stages as presenting a major curation challenge.  I am asking
for some insight into making the calls in matching a precise PO term, with a
vague literature or GenBank description, just to be sure I am not out in
left field with the intentions of this group. Some example calls are below.

In all cases, each gets also a plant anatomy term. Basically I am trying to
make a statement that would not be wrong, eg at least 6 leaves (maybe more)
should be visible in most 3-4 week maize plants. An immature ear might be
considered to be smaller or bigger that 1/4 inflorescence length, etc.

So is there a better call for the below?

For immature ear
  PO:0007046   IL.01 1/4 inflorescence length reached
For Immature tassel
  same as for immature ear.
For immature seek or kernel
   PO:0007001   early stage of fruit ripening
For 3-4 week leaf primordium
   PO:0007123 LP.06 six leaves visible
For juvenile shoot
   PO:0006339  juvenile leaf
    


Thanks,
 mary