2009
TDWG 2009 Annual conference, November 9-13, 2009, Montpellier, France.
09 Nov 2009 Ephesis: Environment and Phenotypes Information System, a GnpIS module.
C. Pommier , E. Kimmel, P. Roumet, D. Steinbach , H. Quesneville
To investigate relationships between genotypes, environment, and cultural practices (G*E interactions), a scientific network of agronomists, computer scientists,statisticians, geneticists from INRA (IGEC Group) has set up three axes of development: (i) new tools and technologies for high throughput phenotyping, (ii) analysis tools (e.g., statistical, mathematical) to extract knowledge from the data, and (iii) information systems to store and prepare data for analysis. To fulfill this last need, the Ephesis project has been initiated and included in the URGI information system.
The URGI (Unité de Recherche Génomique-Info) is an INRA bioinformatics unit dedicated to plants and pest genomics. One of its missions is to develop and maintain a genomic and genetic information system called GnpIS, for INRA plants of agronomical interest and their bioaggressors.
The Ephesis project will produce a public information system focused on phenotypic data. Its main objectives are to provide a data repository for meta analysisrelated to G*E interactions and genotype / phenotype relationships. It will increase the visibility of experiments conducted at INRA, thus facilitating collaborationsbetween groups from different Institutes / Universities to interpret biologically G*E interactions and to identify genes /QTLs involved in response to environmental constraints. Ephesis will allow data storage, data structuring & sorting, scale changing (from organs to canopy), development of meta-analyses mixing species anddata sets to compute new and relevant phenotypic evaluations. Thanks to the confidentiality built in the system, it will be possible to use Ephesis for specific joined programs.
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