Agriculture

Mandatory Attributes Optional Attributes

Mandatory Attributes

Chemical administration

• Harmonized name: chem_administration

• Description: List of chemical compounds administered to the host or site where sampling occurred, and when (e.g. antibiotics, N fertilizer, air filter); can include multiple compounds. For Chemical Entities of Biological Interest ontology (CHEBI) (v1.72), please see http://bioportal.bioontology.org/visualize/44603

Collection date

• Harmonized name: collection_date

• Description: The date on which the sample was collected; date/time ranges are supported by providing two dates from among the supported value formats, delimited by a forward-slash character; collection times are supported by adding "T", then the hour and minute after the date, and must be in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), otherwise known as "Zulu Time" (Z); supported formats include "DD-Mmm-YYYY", "Mmm-YYYY", "YYYY" or ISO 8601 standard "YYYY-mm-dd", "YYYY-mm", "YYYY-mm-ddThh:mm:ss"; e.g., 30-Oct-1990, Oct-1990, 1990, 1990-10-30, 1990-10, 21-Oct-1952/15-Feb-1953, 2015-10-11T17:53:03Z; valid non-ISO dates will be automatically transformed to ISO format

Broad-scale environmental context

• Harmonized name: env_broad_scale

• Description: Add terms that identify the major environment type(s) where your sample was collected. Recommend subclasses of biome [ENVO:00000428]. Multiple terms can be separated by one or more pipes e.g.: mangrove biome [ENVO:01000181]|estuarine biome [ENVO:01000020]

Local-scale environmental context

• Harmonized name: env_local_scale

• Description: Add terms that identify environmental entities having causal influences upon the entity at time of sampling, multiple terms can be separated by pipes, e.g.: shoreline [ENVO:00000486]|intertidal zone [ENVO:00000316]

Environmental medium

• Harmonized name: env_medium

• Description: Add terms that identify the material displaced by the entity at time of sampling. Recommend subclasses of environmental material [ENVO:00010483]. Multiple terms can be separated by pipes e.g.: estuarine water [ENVO:01000301]|estuarine mud [ENVO:00002160]

Food source

• Harmonized name: food_source

• Description: Individual organism or category of organisms from which the food product or its major ingredient is derived, e.g., giant tiger prawn [FOODON:03412612]

Geographic location

• Harmonized name: geo_loc_name

• Description: Geographical origin of the sample; use the appropriate name from this list https://www.insdc.org/submitting-standards/geo_loc_name-qualifier-vocabulary/. Use a colon to separate the country or ocean from more detailed information about the location, eg "Canada: Vancouver" or "Germany: halfway down Zugspitze, Alps"

Host

• Harmonized name: host

• Description: The natural (as opposed to laboratory) host to the organism from which the sample was obtained. Use the full taxonomic name, eg, "Homo sapiens".

Host age

• Harmonized name: host_age

• Description: Age of host at the time of sampling

Host common name

• Harmonized name: host_common_name

• Description: The natural language (non-taxonomic) name of the host organism, e.g., mouse

Host genotype

• Harmonized name: host_genotype

Host height

• Harmonized name: host_height

• Description: The height of subject

Host length

• Harmonized name: host_length

• Description: The length of subject

Host life stage

• Harmonized name: host_life_stage

• Description: Description of host life stage

Host phenotype

• Harmonized name: host_phenotype

Host taxonomy ID

• Harmonized name: host_taxid

• Description: NCBI taxonomy ID of the host, e.g. 9606

Host total mass

• Harmonized name: host_tot_mass

• Description: Total mass of the host at collection, the unit depends on host

Latitude and longitude

• Harmonized name: lat_lon

• Description: The geographical coordinates of the location where the sample was collected. Specify as degrees latitude and longitude in format "d[d.dddd] N|S d[dd.dddd] W|E", eg, 38.98 N 77.11 W

Microbial biomass

• Harmonized name: microbial_biomass

• Description: The part of the organic matter in the soil that constitutes living microorganisms smaller than 5-10 µm. IF you keep this, you would need to have correction factors used for conversion to the final units, which should be mg C (or N)/kg soil).

Microbial biomass method

• Harmonized name: microbial_biomass_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in determining microbial biomass

Pathogenicity

• Harmonized name: pathogenicity

• Description: To what is the entity pathogenic

Sample storage duration

• Harmonized name: samp_store_dur

Sample storage location

• Harmonized name: samp_store_loc

Sieving

• Harmonized name: sieving

• Description: Collection design of pooled samples and/or sieve size and amount of sample sieved

Soil type

• Harmonized name: soil_type

• Description: Soil series name or other lower-level classification

Soil type method

• Harmonized name: soil_type_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in determining soil series name or other lower-level classification

Storage conditions

• Harmonized name: store_cond

• Description: Explain how and for how long the soil sample was stored before DNA extraction.

Temperature

• Harmonized name: temp

• Description: Temperature of the sample at time of sampling

NCBI Taxonomy ID

• Description: NCBI’s taxonomy identifier of the organism for this sample. The NCBI taxonomy ID can be found at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy/. Enter 32644 (which is a taxonomy ID for unidentified organisms) for the following or similar cases: (1) when NCBI taxonomy ID is not available because NCBI taxonomy does not yet cover the organism, (2) when metagenome or environmental sample was used, whose organismal composition is unknown in advance

• Example: 9606 (for Homo sapiens), 452680 (for Pseudomonas sp. UK4)

Organism

• Description: The most descriptive organism name for this sample (to the species, if possible). In the case of a new species, provide the desired organism name. In the case of unidentified species, choose the appropriate Genus and include ‘sp.’, e.g. “Escherichia sp.”. When sequencing a genome from a non-metagenomic source, include a strain or isolate name too, e.g. “Pseudomonas sp. UK4”

• Example: Homo sapiens, Pseudomonas sp. UK4

Sample name

• Description: A name that you choose for the sample. It can have any format, but we suggest that you make it concise, unique and consistent within your lab, and as informative as possible. Every sample name from a single submitter must be unique within a single BioProject

Optional Attributes

Environment adjacent to site

• Harmonized name: adjacent_environment

• Description: Description of the environmental system or features that are adjacent to the sampling site. This field accepts terms under ecosystem (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001110) and human construction (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000070). Multiple terms can be separated by pipes

Agrochemical additions

• Harmonized name: agrochem_addition

• Description: Addition of fertilizers, pesticides, etc. - amount and time of applications

Ancestral data

• Harmonized name: ances_data

• Description: Information about either pedigree or other ancestral information Description: , e.g., parental variety in case of mutant or selection, A/3*B (meaning [(A x B) x B] x B)

Animal water delivery method

• Harmonized name: anim_water_method

• Description: Description of the equipment or method used to distribute water to livestock. This field accepts terms listed under water delivery equipment (http://opendata.inra.fr/EOL/EOL_0001653). Multiple terms can be separated by pipes

Mean annual precipitation

• Harmonized name: annual_precpt

• Description: The average of all annual precipitation values known, or an estimated equivalent value derived by such methods as regional indexes or Isohyetal maps

Mean annual temperature

• Harmonized name: annual_temp

• Description: Mean annual temperature

Observed biotic relationship

• Harmonized name: biotic_relationship

• Description: Free-living or from host (define relationship)

Climate environment

• Harmonized name: climate_environment

• Description: Treatment involving an exposure to a particular climate; can include multiple climates

Collection method

• Harmonized name: collection_method

• Description: Process used to collect the sample, e.g., bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)

Crop rotation

• Harmonized name: crop_rotation

• Description: Whether or not crop is rotated, and if yes, rotation schedule

Crop yield

• Harmonized name: crop_yield

• Description: Amount of crop produced per unit or area of land

Culture isolation date

• Harmonized name: cult_isol_date

• Description: A culture isolation date is a date-time entity marking the end of a process in which a sample yields a positive result for the target microbial analyte(s) in the form of an isolated colony or colonies, e.g., 5/24/2020

Current land use

• Harmonized name: cur_land_use

• Description: Present state of sample site

Current vegetation

• Harmonized name: cur_vegetation

• Description: Vegetation classification from one or more standard classification systems, or agricultural crop

Current vegetation method

• Harmonized name: cur_vegetation_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in vegetation classification

Derived from

• Description: Indicates when one BioSample was derived from another BioSample. Value should include BioSample accession number(s)

• Example: SAMN00000001, KAS24095074

Drainage classification

• Harmonized name: drainage_class

• Description: Drainage classification from a standard system such as the USDA system

Elevation

• Harmonized name: elev

• Description: The elevation of the sampling site as measured by the vertical distance from mean sea level.

Enrichment protocol

• Harmonized name: enrichment_protocol

• Description: The microbiological workflow or protocol followed to test for the presence or enumeration of the target microbial analyte(s). Please provide a PubMed or DOI reference for published protocols

Extreme event

• Harmonized name: extreme_event

• Description: Unusual physical events that may have affected microbial populations

FAO classification

• Harmonized name: fao_class

• Description: Soil classification from the FAO World Reference Database for Soil Resources

Farm equipment used

• Harmonized name: farm_equip

• Description: List of relevant equipment used for planting, fertilization, harvesting, irrigation, land levelling, residue management, weeding or transplanting during the growing season. This field encourages terms listed under agricultural implement (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/AGRO_00000416). Multiple terms can be separated by pipes, e.g., combine harvester [AGRO:00000473]

Farm equipment sanitization

• Harmonized name: farm_equip_san

• Description: Method used to sanitize growing and harvesting equipment including type and concentration of sanitizing solution and frequency of sanitization

Equipment shared with other farms

• Harmonized name: farm_equip_shared

• Description: List of planting, growing or harvesting equipment shared with other farms

Farm watering water source

• Harmonized name: farm_water_source

• Description: Source of water used on the farm for irrigation of crops or watering of livestock, e.g., water well

Fertilizer administration

• Harmonized name: fertilizer_admin

• Description: Type of fertilizer or amendment added to the soil or water for the purpose of improving substrate health and quality for plant growth. This field encourages terms listed under agronomic fertilizer (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/AGRO_00002062). Multiple terms may apply and can be separated by pipes, listing in reverse chronological order, e.g., fish emulsion [AGRO:00000082]

Fire

• Harmonized name: fire

• Description: Historical and/or physical evidence of fire

Flooding

• Harmonized name: flooding

• Description: Historical and/or physical evidence of flooding

Food harvesting process

• Harmonized name: food_harvest_proc

• Description: A harvesting process is a process which takes in some food material from an individual or community of plant or animal organisms in a given context and time, and outputs a precursor or consumable food product. This may include a part of an organism or the whole, and may involve killing the organism

Food production characteristics

• Harmonized name: food_prod_char

• Description: Descriptors of the food production system such as wild caught, free-range, organic, free-range, industrial, dairy, beef

Food product type

• Harmonized name: food_product_type

• Description: A food product type is a class of food products that is differentiated by its food composition (e.g., single- or multi-ingredient), processing and/or consumption characteristics. This does not include brand name products but it may include generic food dish categories. This field encourages terms under food product type (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON:03400361). For terms related to food product for an animal, consult food product for animal (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_03309997). If the proper descriptor is not listed please use text to describe the food type. Multiple terms can be separated by one or more pipes, e.g., multi-component food product [FOODON:00002501]

Food shipping transportation method

• Harmonized name: food_trav_mode

• Description: A descriptor for the method of movement of food commodity along the food distribution system. This field accepts terms listed under travel mode (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GENEPIO_0001064). If the proper descrptor is not listed please use text to describe the mode of travel. Multiple terms can be separated by one or more pipes

Food shipping transportation vehicle

• Harmonized name: food_trav_vehic

• Description: A descriptor for the mobile machine which is used to transport food commodities along the food distribution system. This field accepts terms listed under vehicle (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000604). If the proper descrptor is not listed please use text to describe the mode of travel. Multiple terms can be separated by one or more pipes

Fungicide regimen

• Harmonized name: fungicide_regm

• Description: Information about treatment involving use of fungicides; should include the name of fungicide, amount administered, treatment duration, interval and total experimental duration; can include multiple fungicide regimens

Gaseous environment

• Harmonized name: gaseous_environment

• Description: Use of conditions with differing gaseous environments; should include the name of gaseous compound, amount administered, treatment duration, interval and total experimental duration; can include multiple gaseous environment regimens

Genetic modification

• Harmonized name: genetic_mod

• Description: Genetic modifications of the genome of an organism, which may occur naturally by spontaneous mutation, or be introduced by some experimental means, e.g. specification of a transgene or the gene knocked-out or details of transient transfection

Heavy metals method

• Harmonized name: heavy_metals_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in determining heavy metals

Herbicide regimen

• Harmonized name: herbicide_regm

• Description: Information about treatment involving use of herbicides; information about treatment involving use of growth hormones; should include the name of herbicide, amount administered, treatment duration, interval and total experimental duration; can include multiple regimens

Horizon method

• Harmonized name: horizon_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in determining the horizon

Host disease

• Harmonized name: host_disease

• Description: Name of relevant disease, e.g. Salmonella gastroenteritis. Controlled vocabulary, http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/1009 or http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh

Host dry mass

• Harmonized name: host_dry_mass

• Description: Measurement of dry mass

Host subspecific genetic lineage

• Harmonized name: host_subspecf_genlin

• Description: Information about the genetic distinctness of the host organism below the subspecies level e.g., serovar, serotype, biotype, ecotype, variety, cultivar, or any relevant genetic typing schemes like Group I plasmid. Subspecies should not be recorded in this term, but in the NCBI taxonomy. Supply both the lineage name and the lineage rank separated by a colon, e.g., biovar:abc123

Observed host symbionts

• Harmonized name: host_symbiont

• Description: The taxonomic name of the organism(s) found living in mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic symbiosis with the specific host

Humidity

• Harmonized name: humidity

• Description: Amount of water vapour in the air, at the time of sampling

Isolation and growth condition

• Harmonized name: isol_growth_condt

• Description: PMID or url for isolation and growth condition specifications

Isolation source

• Harmonized name: isolation_source

• Description: Describes the physical, environmental and/or local geographical source of the biological sample from which the sample was derived.

Link to classification information

• Harmonized name: link_class_info

• Description: Link to digitized soil maps or other soil classification information

Link to climate information

• Harmonized name: link_climate_info

• Description: Link to climate resource

Local classification

• Harmonized name: local_class

• Description: Soil classification based on local soil classification system

Local classification method

• Harmonized name: local_class_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in determining the local soil classification

Lot number

• Harmonized name: lot_number

• Description: A distinctive alpha-numeric identification code assigned by the manufacturer or distributor to a specific quantity of manufactured material or product within a batch. The submitter should provide lot number of the item followed by the item name for which the lot number was provided

Miscellaneous parameter

• Harmonized name: misc_param

• Description: Any other measurement performed or parameter collected, that is not listed here

Negative control type

• Harmonized name: neg_cont_type

• Description: The substance or equipment used as a negative control in an investigation, e.g., distilled water, phosphate buffer, empty collection device, empty collection tube, DNA-free PCR mix, sterile swab, sterile syringe

Non mineral nutrient regimen

• Harmonized name: non_mineral_nutr_regm

• Description: information about treatment involving the exposure of plant to non-mineral nutrient such as oxygen, hydrogen or carbon; should include the name of non-mineral nutrient, amount administered, treatment duration, interval and total experimental duration; can include multiple non-mineral nutrient regimens

Omics Observatory ID

• Harmonized name: omics_observ_id

• Description: A unique identifier of the omics-enabled observatory (or comparable time series) your data derives from. This identifier should be provided by the OMICON ontology; if you require a new identifier for your time series, contact the ontology's developers. Information is available here: https://github.com/GLOMICON/omicon. This field is only applicable to records which derive from an omics time-series or observatory.

Organism count

• Harmonized name: organism_count

• Description: Total count of any organism per gram or volume of sample,should include name of organism followed by count; can include multiple organism counts

Oxygenation status of sample

• Harmonized name: oxy_stat_samp

• Description: Oxygenation status of sample

Perturbation

• Harmonized name: perturbation

• Description: Type of perturbation, e.g. chemical administration, physical disturbance, etc., coupled with time that perturbation occurred; can include multiple perturbation types

Pesticide regimen

• Harmonized name: pesticide_regm

• Description: Information about treatment involving use of insecticides; should include the name of pesticide, amount administered, treatment duration, interval and total experimental duration; can include multiple pesticide regimens

pH method

• Harmonized name: ph_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in determining pH

pH regimen

• Harmonized name: ph_regm

• Description: Information about treatment involving exposure of plants to varying levels of pH of the growth media; can include multiple regimen

Photosynthetic activity

• Harmonized name: photosynt_activ

• Description: Measurement of photosythetic activity (i.e. leaf gas exchange / chlorophyll fluorescence emissions / reflectance / transpiration) Please also include the term method term detailing the method of activity measurement

Photosynthetic activity method

• Harmonized name: photosynt_activ_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in measurement of photosythetic activity

Plant growth medium

• Harmonized name: plant_growth_med

• Description: Type of the media used for growing sampled plants, e.g., soil [ENVO:00001998]

Plant product

• Harmonized name: plant_product

• Description: Substance produced by the plant, where the sample was obtained from

Plant structure

• Harmonized name: plant_struc

• Description: Name of plant structure the sample was obtained from; for Plant Ontology (PO) (v releases/2017-12-14) terms, see http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PO, e.g., petiole epidermis (PO_0000051). If an individual flower is sampled, the sex of it can be recorded here

Plant water delivery method

• Harmonized name: plant_water_method

• Description: Description of the equipment or method used to distribute water to crops. This field encourages terms listed under irrigation process (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/AGRO_00000006). Multiple terms can be separated by pipes, e.g., drip irrigation process [AGRO:00000056]

Porosity

• Harmonized name: porosity

• Description: Porosity of deposited sediment is volume of voids divided by the total volume of sample

Positive control type

• Harmonized name: pos_cont_type

• Description: The substance, mixture, product, or apparatus used to verify that a process which is part of an investigation delivers a true positive

Presence of pets, animals, or insects

• Harmonized name: pres_animal_insect

• Description: The type and number of animals or insects present in the sampling space, e.g., cat 10, dog 2, rodent 100, snake 1

Previous land use

• Harmonized name: previous_land_use

• Description: Previous land use and dates

Previous land use method

• Harmonized name: previous_land_use_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in determining previous land use and dates

Profile position

• Harmonized name: profile_position

• Description: Cross-sectional position in the hillslope where sample was collected.sample area position in relation to surrounding areas

Reference for biomaterial

• Harmonized name: ref_biomaterial

• Description: Primary publication or genome report

Relative location of sample

• Harmonized name: rel_location

• Description: Location of sample to other parts of the farm, e.g. under crop plant, near irrigation ditch, from the dirt road, from air above crops, nearby river, e.g., furrow

Relationship to oxygen

• Harmonized name: rel_to_oxygen

• Description: Is this organism an aerobe, anaerobe? Please note that aerobic and anaerobic are valid descriptors for microbial environments, eg, aerobe, anaerobe, facultative, microaerophilic, microanaerobe, obligate aerobe, obligate anaerobe, missing, not applicable, not collected, not provided, restricted access

Rooting medium carbon

• Harmonized name: root_med_carbon

• Description: Source of organic carbon in the culture rooting medium, e.g., sucrose

Rooting medium macronutrients

• Harmonized name: root_med_macronutr

• Description: Measurement of the culture rooting medium macronutrients (N,P, K, Ca, Mg, S), e.g., KH2PO4 (170mg/L)

Rooting medium pH

• Harmonized name: root_med_ph

• Description: pH measurement of the culture rooting medium, e.g., 5.5

Salt regimen

• Harmonized name: salt_regm

• Description: Information about treatment involving use of salts as supplement to liquid and soil growth media; should include the name of salt, amount administered, treatment duration, interval and total experimental duration; can include multiple salt regimens

Sample collection device or method

• Harmonized name: samp_collect_device

• Description: Method or device employed for collecting sample

Sample collection method

• Harmonized name: samp_collect_method

• Description: The method employed for collecting the sample

Sample material processing

• Harmonized name: samp_mat_process

• Description: Processing applied to the sample during or after isolation

Sample pooling

• Harmonized name: samp_pooling

• Description: Physical combination of several instances of like material, e.g., RNA extracted from samples or dishes of cell cultures into one big aliquot of cells. Please provide a short Description: of the samples that were pooled

Sample size

• Harmonized name: samp_size

• Description: Amount or size of sample (volume, mass or area) that was collected

Sample storage temperature

• Harmonized name: samp_store_temp

Sample volume or weight for DNA extraction

• Harmonized name: samp_vol_we_dna_ext

• Description: Volume (mL) or weight (g) of sample processed for DNA extraction

Season

• Harmonized name: season

• Description: The season when sampling occurred. Any of the four periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices. This field accepts terms listed under season (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C94729)

Seasonal environment

• Harmonized name: season_environment

• Description: Treatment involving an exposure to a particular season (e.g. winter, summer, rabi, rainy etc.)

Mean seasonal humidity

• Harmonized name: season_humidity

• Description: Average humidity of the region throughout the growing season

Mean seasonal precipitation

• Harmonized name: season_precpt

• Description: The average of all seasonal precipitation values known, or an estimated equivalent value derived by such methods as regional indexes or Isohyetal maps

Mean seasonal temperature

• Harmonized name: season_temp

• Description: Mean seasonal temperature

Size fraction selected

• Harmonized name: size_frac

• Description: Filtering pore size used in sample preparation, e.g., 0-0.22 micrometer

Size-fraction lower threshold

• Harmonized name: size_frac_low

• Description: Refers to the mesh/pore size used to pre-filter/pre-sort the sample. Materials larger than the size threshold are excluded from the sample

Size-fraction upper threshold

• Harmonized name: size_frac_up

• Description: Refers to the mesh/pore size used to retain the sample. Materials smaller than the size threshold are excluded from the sample

Slope aspect

• Harmonized name: slope_aspect

• Description: The direction a slope faces. While looking down a slope use a compass to record the direction you are facing (direction or degrees); e.g., NW or 315°. This measure provides an indication of sun and wind exposure that will influence soil temperature and evapotranspiration.

Slope gradient

• Harmonized name: slope_gradient

• Description: Commonly called “slope.” The angle between ground surface and a horizontal line (in percent). This is the direction that overland water would flow. This measure is usually taken with a hand level meter or clinometer.

Soil conductivity

• Harmonized name: soil_conductivity

• Description: Conductivity of soil at time of sampling

Soil cover

• Harmonized name: soil_cover

• Description: Description of the material covering the sampled soil. This field accepts terms under ENVO:00010483, environmental material

Soil depth

• Harmonized name: soil_depth

• Description: The vertical distance below local surface, e.g., for sediment or soil samples depth is measured from sediment or soil surface, respectively. Depth can be reported as an interval for subsurface samples

Soil horizon

• Harmonized name: soil_horizon

• Description: Specific layer in the land area which measures parallel to the soil surface and possesses physical characteristics which differ from the layers above and beneath

Soil pH

• Harmonized name: soil_ph

• Description: The pH of soil at time of sampling

Soil temperature

• Harmonized name: soil_temp

• Description: Temperature of soil at the time of sampling

Soil texture measurement

• Harmonized name: soil_text_measure

• Description: The relative proportion of different grain sizes of mineral particles in a soil, as described using a standard system; express as % sand (50 um to 2 mm), silt (2 um to 50 um), and clay (<2 um) with textural name (e.g., silty clay loam) optional.

Soil texture method

• Harmonized name: soil_texture_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in determining soil texture

Solar irradiance

• Harmonized name: solar_irradiance

• Description: The amount of solar energy that arrives at a specific area of a surface during a specific time interval

Source material identifiers

• Harmonized name: source_material_id

• Description: Unique identifier assigned to a material sample used for extracting nucleic acids, and subsequent sequencing. The identifier can refer either to the original material collected or to any derived sub-samples.

Spike-in microbial strain

• Harmonized name: spikein_strain

• Description: Taxonomic information about the spike-in organism(s) at the strain level. This field accepts terms under organism (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C14250). This field also accepts identification numbers from NCBI under https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy. Multiple terms can be separated by pipes

Standing water regimen

• Harmonized name: standing_water_regm

• Description: Treatment involving an exposure to standing water during a plant's life span, types can be flood water or standing water; can include multiple regimens

Tillage

• Harmonized name: tillage

• Description: Note method(s) used for tilling

Total carbon

• Harmonized name: tot_carb

• Description: Total carbon content

Total nitrogen

• Harmonized name: tot_nitro

• Description: Total nitrogen content of the sample

Total nitrogen content method

• Harmonized name: tot_nitro_cont_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in determining the total nitrogen

Total organic carbon method

• Harmonized name: tot_org_c_meth

• Description: Reference or method used in determining total organic C

Total organic carbon

• Harmonized name: tot_org_carb

• Description: Definition for soil: total organic C content of the soil units of g C/kg soil. Definition otherwise: total organic carbon content

Total phosphorus

• Harmonized name: tot_phosp

• Description: Total phosphorus concentration, calculated by: total phosphorus = total dissolved phosphorus + particulate phosphorus. Can also be measured without filtering, reported as phosphorus

Trophic level

• Harmonized name: trophic_level

• Description: Feeding position in food chain (eg., chemolithotroph)

Water pH

• Harmonized name: water_ph

• Description: The pH measurement of the sample, or liquid portion of sample, or aqueous phase of the fluid

Water source shared

• Harmonized name: water_source_shared

• Description: Other users sharing access to the same water source, e.g., multiple users, agricutural, multiple users, no sharing

Water temperature regimen

• Harmonized name: water_temp_regm

• Description: Information about treatment involving an exposure to water with varying degree of temperature; can include multiple regimens

Watering regimen

• Harmonized name: watering_regm

• Description: Information about treatment involving an exposure to watering frequencies; can include multiple regimens