Plant Physiology Ontology

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flow "PlantPhysiologyOntology" v1.0

ENTITY PlantPhysiologyOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Botany
 SUBJECT: PlantPhysiology
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

PAGE {
 TITLE: "Plant Physiology Ontology"
 PARENT_DOMAIN: "Botany"
 CANONICAL_URL: "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/biological-ontologies/botany/plant-physiology-ontology.html"
 AUTHORS: ["Mark Anthony Higgins", "Sky Recursive AI"]
}

ENTITY PlantPhysiology {
 STUDIES: PlantFunction
 INCLUDES: [Photosynthesis, Respiration, WaterRelations, MineralNutrition, Transport, GrowthRegulation, EnvironmentalResponse]
}

ENTITY PlantPhysiologicalState {
 HAS: [DevelopmentalStage, WaterStatus, NutrientStatus, CarbonStatus, EnvironmentalContext]
}

PROCESS Photosynthesis {
 CONVERTS: LightEnergy
 INTO: ChemicalEnergy
 MAY_INCLUDE: [LightDependentReactions, CarbonFixation]
}

ENTITY Chloroplast {
 PERFORMS: Photosynthesis
}

PROCESS LightDependentReactions {
 OCCUR_IN: ThylakoidMembrane
 GENERATE: [ATP, ReducingPower]
}

PROCESS PhotosyntheticElectronTransport {
 CONTRIBUTES_TO: ProtonGradient
}

PROCESS CarbonFixation {
 INCORPORATES: InorganicCarbon
 INTO: OrganicMolecules
}

ENTITY Rubisco {
 CATALYSES: CarbonFixationOrOxygenationReaction
 DEPENDING_ON: SubstrateContext
}

PROCESS Photorespiration {
 RESULTS_FROM: RubiscoOxygenationAndAssociatedMetabolism
 MAY_REDUCE: NetCarbonAssimilation
}

ENTITY C3Photosynthesis {
 USES_PRIMARILY: CalvinBensonCycle
}

ENTITY C4Photosynthesis {
 USES: SpatialCarbonConcentratingMechanism
}

ENTITY CAMPhotosynthesis {
 USES: TemporalSeparationOfInitialCarbonFixationAndCalvinCycle
}

RULE PhotosyntheticPathwayDistinction {
 C3Photosynthesis != C4Photosynthesis
 C4Photosynthesis != CAMPhotosynthesis
}

PROCESS CellularRespiration {
 OXIDIZES: OrganicMolecules
 TO_PRODUCE: ATPAndMetabolicIntermediates
}

PROCESS Glycolysis {
 OCCURS_IN: Cytosol
}

PROCESS CitricAcidCycle {
 OCCURS_PRIMARILY_IN: Mitochondrion
}

PROCESS OxidativePhosphorylation {
 OCCURS_IN: MitochondrialInnerMembrane
 PRODUCES: ATP
}

RULE PhotosynthesisRespirationDistinction {
 Photosynthesis != CellularRespiration
}

ENTITY PlantWaterRelations {
 INCLUDES: [WaterPotential, Osmosis, RootWaterUptake, XylemTransport, Transpiration, StomatalRegulation]
}

ENTITY WaterPotential {
 MAY_INCLUDE_COMPONENTS: [SolutePotential, PressurePotential, MatricPotential, GravitationalPotential]
}

PROCESS Osmosis {
 MOVES: Water
 ACROSS: SelectivelyPermeableMembrane
 IN_RESPONSE_TO: WaterPotentialDifference
}

PROCESS RootWaterUptake {
 MOVES: Water
 FROM: SoilOrExternalMedium
 INTO: Root
}

PROCESS XylemTransport {
 MOVES: WaterAndMineralSolutes
 THROUGH: Xylem
}

PROCESS Transpiration {
 RELEASES: WaterVapour
 PRIMARILY_THROUGH: Stomata
}

ENTITY Stoma {
 REGULATES: [CarbonDioxideEntry, WaterVapourLoss]
}

ENTITY GuardCell {
 CONTROLS: StomatalAperture
}

ENTITY AbscisicAcid {
 ABBREVIATION: ABA
 MAY_PROMOTE: StomatalClosure
 IN: DefinedWaterStressContext
}

RULE StomatalConstraint {
 stomatal_aperture != transpiration_rate
 WITHOUT vapour_pressure_and_boundary_layer_context
}

ENTITY HydraulicConductance {
 DESCRIBES: EaseOfWaterMovement
 THROUGH: PlantOrTissue
}

ENTITY Cavitation {
 MAY_DISRUPT: XylemWaterTransport
}

ENTITY Embolism {
 MAY_REDUCE: HydraulicConductance
}

PROCESS MineralNutrition {
 ACQUIRES_AND_USES: EssentialMineralElements
}

ENTITY Macronutrient {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Sulfur]
}

ENTITY Micronutrient {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Boron, Molybdenum, Chlorine, Nickel]
}

PROCESS IonUptake {
 MOVES: MineralIon
 INTO: RootCellOrPlant
}

ENTITY ProtonPump {
 MAY_GENERATE: ElectrochemicalGradient
}

PROCESS SecondaryActiveTransport {
 USES: ElectrochemicalGradient
 TO_MOVE: Solute
}

RULE NutrientConstraint {
 tissue_nutrient_concentration != nutrient_function_or_deficiency
 WITHOUT species_tissue_stage_and_reference_context
}

ENTITY SourceTissue {
 EXPORTS: OrganicSolutes
}

ENTITY SinkTissue {
 IMPORTS: OrganicSolutes
}

PROCESS PhloemTranslocation {
 MOVES: OrganicSolutes
 FROM: SourceTissue
 TO: SinkTissue
}

RULE XylemPhloemDistinction {
 XylemTransport != PhloemTranslocation
}

ENTITY PlantHormone {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Auxin, Cytokinin, Gibberellin, AbscisicAcid, Ethylene, Brassinosteroid, Jasmonate, Salicylate]
 REGULATES: PlantPhysiologicalProcess
}

ENTITY Auxin {
 MAY_REGULATE: [CellExpansion, Tropism, RootDevelopment, ApicalDominance]
}

ENTITY Cytokinin {
 MAY_REGULATE: [CellDivision, ShootDevelopment, Senescence]
}

ENTITY Gibberellin {
 MAY_REGULATE: [StemElongation, SeedGermination, ReproductiveDevelopment]
}

ENTITY Ethylene {
 MAY_REGULATE: [FruitRipening, Senescence, StressResponse]
}

PROCESS HormoneSignalTransduction {
 CONVERTS: HormoneSignal
 INTO: CellularResponse
}

RULE HormoneConstraint {
 hormone_level != physiological_effect
 WITHOUT tissue_receptor_developmental_and_environmental_context
}

PROCESS PlantGrowth {
 INCREASES: SizeOrBiomass
 THROUGH: [CellDivision, CellExpansion, Biosynthesis]
}

PROCESS PlantDevelopment {
 CHANGES: PlantState
 ACROSS: DevelopmentalTime
}

RULE GrowthDevelopmentDistinction {
 PlantGrowth != PlantDevelopment
}

PROCESS SeedGermination {
 INITIATES: SeedlingGrowth
 UNDER: SuitableConditions
}

PROCESS Dormancy {
 SUPPRESSES_OR_DELAYS: GrowthOrGermination
}

PROCESS Flowering {
 INITIATES_OR_ESTABLISHES: ReproductiveDevelopment
}

PROCESS Senescence {
 IS_A: RegulatedAgeRelatedProcess
 MAY_REMOBILIZE: Nutrients
}

PROCESS Tropism {
 IS_A: DirectionalGrowthResponse
 MAY_BE: [Phototropism, Gravitropism, Hydrotropism, Thigmotropism]
}

ENTITY Photoreceptor {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Phytochrome, Cryptochrome, Phototropin]
 DETECTS: LightSignal
}

PROCESS Photomorphogenesis {
 MODIFIES: PlantDevelopment
 IN_RESPONSE_TO: LightSignals
}

ENTITY CircadianClock {
 GENERATES: EndogenousApproximatelyDailyRhythms
 MAY_REGULATE: PlantPhysiology
}

ENTITY EnvironmentalFactor {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Light, Temperature, WaterAvailability, Nutrients, Salinity, CarbonDioxide, Oxygen, SoilCondition]
}

PROCESS PlantEnvironmentalResponse {
 MODIFIES: Physiology
 IN_RESPONSE_TO: EnvironmentalFactor
}

ENTITY AbioticStress {
 MAY_BE: [Drought, Salinity, Heat, Cold, Flooding, NutrientStress]
}

PROCESS DroughtResponse {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [StomatalClosure, OsmoticAdjustment, GrowthReduction, GeneExpressionChange]
}

PROCESS SaltStressResponse {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [IonHomeostasis, OsmoticAdjustment, StressSignalling]
}

ENTITY ReactiveOxygenSpecies {
 ABBREVIATION: ROS
 MAY_BE: [MetabolicByproduct, StressSignal]
}

PROCESS AntioxidantResponse {
 LIMITS_OR_MODULATES: ReactiveOxygenSpecies
}

RULE StressToleranceConstraint {
 stress_response_marker != demonstrated_stress_tolerance
 WITHOUT growth_survival_or_reproductive_performance_evidence
}

ENTITY PlantDefensePhysiology {
 RESPONDS_TO: [Pathogen, Herbivore, Damage]
}

PROCESS PlantImmuneResponse {
 DETECTS_AND_RESPONDS_TO: PathogenAssociatedOrDamageSignals
}

ENTITY SecondaryMetabolite {
 MAY_FUNCTION_IN: [Defense, Signalling, Attraction, StressResponse]
}

ENTITY CarbonBalance {
 RELATES: CarbonGain
 TO: CarbonUseAndLoss
}

ENTITY SourceSinkBalance {
 RELATES: CarbonProduction
 TO: CarbonDemandAndStorage
}

ENTITY WaterUseEfficiency {
 RELATES: CarbonGainOrBiomassProduction
 TO: WaterUse
 UNDER: DefinedMeasurementContext
}

PROCESS PlantPhysiologyMeasurement {
 MAY_MEASURE: [PhotosyntheticRate, RespirationRate, Transpiration, StomatalConductance, WaterPotential, HydraulicConductance, NutrientStatus, HormoneLevel, GrowthRate]
 MAY_USE: [GasExchangeAnalysis, Fluorometry, PressureChamber, Spectroscopy, Electrophysiology, BiochemicalAssay, Imaging]
}

ENTITY PlantPhysiologyMeasurementContext {
 HAS: [PlantTaxon, Organ, Tissue, DevelopmentalStage, EnvironmentalState, Method, Unit, Timepoint]
}

RULE MeasurementContextRule {
 IF physiological_measurements ARE_COMPARED
 THEN PlantPhysiologyMeasurementContext MUST_BE preserved
}

ENTITY Evidence {
 TYPES: [PhysiologicalEvidence, BiochemicalEvidence, MolecularEvidence, GeneticEvidence, GasExchangeEvidence, HydraulicEvidence, NutritionalEvidence, HormonalEvidence, StressEvidence, ImagingEvidence, ExperimentalEvidence, ComputationalEvidence, LiteratureEvidence]
}

RULE EvidenceConvergence {
 IF IndependentEvidenceSources AGREE
 THEN Confidence := increase(Confidence)
}

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_plant_physiology_models
  RECORD plant_taxon
  RECORD organ_and_tissue
  RECORD developmental_stage
  RECORD environmental_state
  RECORD measurement_method
  RECORD units
  RECORD timepoint
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION PlantPhysiology STUDIES PlantFunction
RELATION Chloroplast PERFORMS Photosynthesis
RELATION Mitochondrion PERFORMS CellularRespiration
RELATION Root PERFORMS WaterAndNutrientUptake
RELATION Xylem PERFORMS XylemTransport
RELATION Phloem PERFORMS PhloemTranslocation
RELATION GuardCell REGULATES StomatalAperture
RELATION PlantHormone REGULATES PlantPhysiologicalProcess
RELATION EnvironmentalFactor MODULATES PlantPhysiologicalState

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "plant physiology" ~= "study of functional processes in plants"
 "carbon assimilation" ~= "photosynthetic carbon fixation" WHEN photosynthetic_context
 "stomatal conductance" ~= "conductance of stomatal pathway to gas diffusion"
 "ABA" ~= "abscisic acid"
 "ROS" ~= "reactive oxygen species"
 "source-sink relationship" ~= "relationship between exporting and importing plant tissues"
}

CONFIDENCE PlantPhysiologyAssertion {
 INPUTS: [physiological_support, biochemical_support, molecular_support, genetic_support, gas_exchange_support, hydraulic_support, nutritional_support, hormonal_support, stress_support, experimental_support, source_independence, semantic_consistency]
 SCORE := weighted_sum(INPUTS)
 LEVEL :=
  IF SCORE >= 0.90 THEN "very_high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.75 THEN "high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.55 THEN "moderate"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.35 THEN "low"
  ELSE "uncertain"
}

RULE PhotosynthesisInference {
 IF light_capture
 AND electron_transport
 AND carbon_fixation ARE_SUPPORTED
 THEN Photosynthesis MAY_BE_INFERRED
}

RULE WaterTransportInference {
 IF water_potential_gradient
 AND xylem_continuity
 AND measured_water_flux ARE_SUPPORTED
 THEN XylemTransport MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE HormoneFunctionInference {
 IF hormone_perturbation reproducibly_changes defined_response
 THEN hormone_regulatory_relationship MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE CausalityConstraint {
 IF physiological_marker correlates_with growth_yield_or_stress_outcome
 THEN DO_NOT_INFER causal_relationship
 WITHOUT mechanistic_or_interventional_evidence
}

QUERY PlantPhysiologyLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [plant_taxon, photosynthesis, respiration, water_relations, mineral_nutrition, xylem_transport, phloem_transport, hormones, growth, environmental_response, stress_response, measurements, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY PhotosynthesisLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [photosynthetic_pathway, light_reactions, carbon_fixation, photorespiration, stomatal_state, carbon_dioxide, light, temperature, water_status, measurements, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY PlantWaterRelationsLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [soil_water_state, root_uptake, water_potential, xylem_transport, hydraulic_conductance, stomatal_conductance, transpiration, environmental_conditions, evidence, confidence]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_plant_physiology_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  identify_plant_taxon_organ_tissue_and_developmental_context()
  normalize_metabolite_hormone_nutrient_and_process_identifiers()
  capture_light_temperature_carbon_dioxide_water_nutrient_and_stress_context()
  capture_measurement_method_units_and_timepoint()
  map_photosynthesis_photorespiration_and_respiration()
  map_water_potential_root_uptake_xylem_and_transpiration()
  map_nutrient_uptake_membrane_transport_and_phloem_translocation()
  map_hormonal_growth_development_and_circadian_regulation()
  map_environmental_stress_defense_and_antioxidant_responses()
  compare_existing_plant_physiology_models()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_plant_physiology_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [plant_taxon, physiological_state, photosynthesis, respiration, water_relations, mineral_nutrition, vascular_transport, hormones, growth, environmental_response, measurement_context, evidence_provenance, confidence]
 REQUIREMENTS: [preserve_species_taxon_organ_tissue_and_developmental_context, preserve_environmental_conditions_units_and_timepoint, distinguish_photosynthesis_from_respiration, distinguish_C3_C4_and_CAM_pathways, distinguish_xylem_from_phloem_transport, distinguish_stomatal_aperture_from_transpiration_rate, distinguish_hormone_level_from_hormone_effect, distinguish_growth_from_development, distinguish_stress_response_marker_from_stress_tolerance, distinguish_correlation_from_causation, preserve_uncertainty]
}

VALIDATE {
 REQUIRE PlantPhysiology
 REQUIRE PlantPhysiologicalState
 REQUIRE Photosynthesis
 REQUIRE CellularRespiration
 REQUIRE PlantWaterRelations
 REQUIRE WaterPotential
 REQUIRE XylemTransport
 REQUIRE Transpiration
 REQUIRE MineralNutrition
 REQUIRE PhloemTranslocation
 REQUIRE PlantHormone
 REQUIRE PlantGrowth
 REQUIRE PlantDevelopment
 REQUIRE PlantEnvironmentalResponse
 REQUIRE PlantPhysiologyMeasurement
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT Photosynthesis != CellularRespiration
 ASSERT C3Photosynthesis != C4Photosynthesis
 ASSERT C4Photosynthesis != CAMPhotosynthesis
 ASSERT XylemTransport != PhloemTranslocation
 ASSERT stomatal_aperture != transpiration_rate
 ASSERT hormone_level != physiological_effect
 ASSERT PlantGrowth != PlantDevelopment
 ASSERT stress_response_marker != demonstrated_stress_tolerance
 ASSERT correlation != causal_relationship
}

FLOW_HASH {
 ALGORITHM: SHA-256
 INPUT: canonicalize(entities, relations, processes, rules, semantic_equivalence, confidence_model, update_model, ai_consumption)
 PURPOSE: integrity_and_version_tracking
}

END flow "PlantPhysiologyOntology"