The CropTrait DataBase, defined as a multiple-crops database, focuses on ecophysiological traits related to resource use and acquisition of cultivated plants.
Why the CropTrait Database ?
The main goal of the database is to analyse if the functional profile (phenotypic space) of domesticated species is similar to that of wild plants.
Up to date, we already have compilated 200 domesticated species from litterature and collected data of 4700 genotypes (14 species) from our experiments and 3000 genotypes (9 species) from collaborators.
Here, an example showing phenotypic space of some cultivated plants (black and colored dots) compared to wild species (gray dots) in the relationship between specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf nitrogen content (LNC).
and colored dots from the CropTrait Database
How the database works ?
The CropTrait Database is composed of multi-sources with heterogeneous data including compilated data from litterature or other databases, data from our experiments and from our collaborators. The data are currently private and only available to our collaborators.
The database is configured for a minimal set of traits and is flexible enough to enter more traits, species, genotypes and ancillary data. The database allows collecting data at different levels from general information about plant material description, including taxonomy and origin of material, to environnemental conditions and methods of measurements.
To be a collaborator?
You are interested by the CONTRAINTS project and to become a contributor of the CropTrait Database, we would be very grateful to count you among us.
It is important to note that you don’t need to have all the desired traits and ancillary information to be a contributor.
We have created an interactive procedure in order to facilitate the acquisition of your data. After having contacting Cyrille Violle (cyrille.violle@cefe.cnrs.fr) to get an access password, please follow the link below for data acquisition.