[Po-dev] Fruit cortex and fruit core

[Chih-Wei Tung]

Hi, Rosaceae community,

I have a question regarding to the fruit structure terminology which  
are used in GDR database "genebank apple cDNA library" (http:// 
www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/gdr/projects/malus/unigeneV3/ 
malus_librarySummary.shtml).
Please help me to define or clarify the following terms, I will add  
them either as new ontology terms or synonyms to the existing plant  
ontology based on your answers

fruit cortex -> is it the same as flesh or mesocarp? are these three  
terms used interchangeable?
fruit core -> is this the tissue in the center of the fruit as seen  
in http://www.uq.edu.au/_School_Science_Lessons/5.6FruitPome.GIF?   
does it include seeds? what's the definition?
Currently Plant Ontology database has "fruit placenta: a more or less  
localized region within a fruit to which seeds are attached", can  
"fruit placenta" be a synonym to "fruit core"?

Your opinion and comments are sincerely appreciated!

Thank you,

Chih-Wei Tung
Plant Ontology Consortium
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
www.plantontology.org