Term Information

Accession
TO:0000289
Name
carotene content
Ontology
plant_trait_ontology
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A carotenoid content trait (TO:0000496) which is the amount of carotene (CHEBI:23042) in a plant structure (PO:0009011). Source: Gramene:pankaj_jaiswal, TO:Laurel_Cooper, ISBN:198506732
Comment
Carotenes are a group of naturally occurring tetraterpenes (carotenoids) that are synthesized only in plants, and unlike the xanthophylls, do not contain any oxygen.
Subset
None
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Parents of carotene content (TO:0000289)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
carotene content [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid content (TO:0000496)
Children of carotene content (TO:0000289)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
cassava trans-9 activity trait (CO_334:0000501) [is_a relation] is_a  carotene content
cyclic carotene content (TO:0002697) [is_a relation] is_a  carotene content
acyclic carotene content (TO:0002698) [is_a relation] is_a  carotene content
cassava cis 9 activity trait (CO_334:0000354) [is_a relation] is_a  carotene content
CHEBI
23042
TO_GIT
24