Crop Ontology Information

Blueberry Crop Ontology

The Blueberry Crop Ontology was a collaborative effort between the USDA, Breeding Insight, and GDV.  Information about the phenotypic traits measured by U.S. blueberry breeders was collated to form the crop ontology.  The ontology is being used on Breeding Insight and is available as Trait Descriptors in GDV and public traits to be imported into private breeding programs in BIMS.

The most current version of the Blueberry Crop Ontology can be viewed and downloaded from the Crop Ontology website.  To request changes or additional trait descriptors, please fill out this form on Planteome.  The Blueberry Crop Ontology can also be found on Github and requests can also be submitted there.

Citation:  Hislop LM, Luby CH, Loarca J, Humann J, Hummer KE, Bassil N, Zhao D, Sheehan MJ, Casa AM, Billings GT, Echeverria DM. A Blueberry (Vaccinium L.) Crop Ontology to Enable Standardized Phenotyping for Blueberry Breeding and Research. HortScience. 2024 Oct 1;59(10):1433-42.