{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.sesamum-indicum","code":"thing-q2763698","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2763698/","name":"Sesamum indicum","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.LIV"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"This model owns the biological identity and observable state of Sesamum indicum under registry entry vr.tr.sesamum-indicum in PHY / PHY.OBJ, covering individual plants and explicitly sampled populations, with attached reproductive structures and links to derived seed lots.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to identify Sesamum indicum, assess its development and condition, and justify cultivation, propagation or harvest decisions from recorded evidence.","scope":{"in":["Species identification from vegetative, floral, capsule and seed evidence","Cultivar or accession identity and planting-material provenance","Establishment, flowering, capsule development and senescence","Plant responses to growing conditions and observed damage","Capsule opening, seed retention and biological readiness for harvest","Reproductive provenance and transfer of harvested seeds into linked lot records"],"out":["Other Sesamum species and their independent biological models","Field ownership, irrigation infrastructure and farm scheduling","Independent soil, weather, pest and pathogen models","Commercial seed-lot inventory, certification and storage operations","Sesame oil, tahini, meal and other processed products","Human nutrition, allergy diagnosis and medicinal efficacy"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Inspect mature seed surfaces when distinguishing S. indicum from S. radiatum: smooth or slightly veined faces support S. indicum, whereas radial sculpturing supports S. radiatum. [Kew botanical descriptions](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:675971-1/general-information)","Check seed margins for conspicuous wings: S. indicum seeds are unwinged, although an inconspicuous fringe may occur; conspicuously winged specimens require another identification. [Kew botanical descriptions](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:675971-1/general-information)","Compare mature capsules with the documented oblong, four-grooved, short-beaked form; combine this with reproductive evidence rather than identifying from capsule silhouette alone. [Kew botanical descriptions](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:675971-1/general-information)","Check the combination of narrower upper leaves, potentially lobed lower leaves and pale tubular flowers; variable foliage makes a single leaf insufficient. [Kew botanical descriptions](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:675971-1/general-information)","Do not separate species or confirm cultivars by black, brown or white seed colour alone: all occur in S. indicum. [Kew botanical descriptions](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:675971-1/general-information)"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"sesame-identity","name":"Sesame identity","description":"Evidence that the observed plant belongs to the registered species and to any claimed cultivated lineage.","layers":[{"id":"diagnostic-organs","name":"Diagnostic organs","description":"Combined observations of foliage, flowers, capsules and mature seeds.","findings":[{"id":"species-determination","name":"Species determination","description":"Record the identification, diagnostic observations, reference used and unresolved alternatives.","questions":[{"text":"What capsule form and mature seed surface or margin evidence supports S. indicum and excludes the locally plausible alternatives?","id":"species-determination-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which reference, specimen or expert determination supports the identification, and which diagnostic organs were unavailable?","id":"species-determination-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"cultivated-lineage","name":"Cultivated lineage","description":"Accession and cultivar claims attached to the identified sesame plants.","findings":[{"id":"lineage-evidence","name":"Lineage evidence","description":"Keep supplier labels, accession records and observed traits distinct, including uncertainty about mixtures.","questions":[{"text":"Which parent seed lot or accession establishes the claimed cultivar identity?","id":"lineage-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Do differences among plants indicate expected variation, a possible mixture or an unresolved identification problem?","id":"lineage-evidence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"establishment-and-site-response","name":"Establishment and site response","description":"The transition from sown sesame seed to an established plant and its observed response to growing conditions.","layers":[{"id":"seed-to-seedling","name":"Seed to seedling","description":"Evidence linking seed performance, sowing conditions and actual emergence.","findings":[{"id":"establishment-outcome","name":"Establishment outcome","description":"Record germination separately from emergence and subsequent seedling survival.","questions":[{"text":"What proportions of tested seeds germinated and sown seeds emerged, under which conditions and observation periods?","id":"establishment-outcome-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What evidence supports retaining the stand, resowing or investigating seed quality and seedbed conditions?","id":"establishment-outcome-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"root-zone-response","name":"Root-zone response","description":"Plant observations interpreted alongside moisture, drainage and temperature records.","findings":[{"id":"water-stress-assessment","name":"Water stress assessment","description":"Record exposure and plant response without equating wilting or yellowing with a confirmed cause.","questions":[{"text":"What root-zone moisture or standing-water observations coincide with wilting, yellowing or growth arrest?","id":"water-stress-assessment-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which additional observation would justify irrigation, drainage correction or continued monitoring for these plants?","id":"water-stress-assessment-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"flowering-and-seed-development","name":"Flowering and seed development","description":"Spatial and temporal observations of sesame flowers, developing capsules and seed formation.","layers":[{"id":"reproductive-progression","name":"Reproductive progression","description":"Flower and capsule development located by date, branch and node.","findings":[{"id":"stage-distribution","name":"Stage distribution","description":"Represent flowering, filling and maturing structures separately wherever they coexist.","questions":[{"text":"Which sampled nodes or branches bear flowers, filling capsules and mature capsules on the observation date?","id":"stage-distribution-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What observable criteria distinguish a filling capsule from a mature capsule for this accession?","id":"stage-distribution-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"seed-parentage","name":"Seed parentage","description":"The reproductive history needed to interpret seed intended for propagation.","findings":[{"id":"pollination-provenance","name":"Pollination provenance","description":"Record open pollination, controlled selfing or crossing and the evidence supporting any parentage claim.","questions":[{"text":"Were seed-bearing flowers openly pollinated, isolated or deliberately crossed, and what records support that history?","id":"pollination-provenance-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the evidence sufficient for the intended parentage claim, or must pollen parentage remain unknown?","id":"pollination-provenance-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"sesame-health-and-integrity","name":"Sesame health and integrity","description":"Damage to sesame plants and the evidence needed to judge its cause and reproductive consequences.","layers":[{"id":"symptom-localization","name":"Symptom localization","description":"Symptoms located on roots, stems, leaves, flowers or capsules and mapped across sampled plants.","findings":[{"id":"damage-pattern","name":"Damage pattern","description":"Record incidence, severity and progression while preserving the distinction between symptoms and diagnoses.","questions":[{"text":"Which organs are affected, how many sampled plants show symptoms, and how has the pattern changed?","id":"damage-pattern-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What inspection or diagnostic result supports a pest, pathogen, nutritional or physical explanation?","id":"damage-pattern-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"reproductive-capacity","name":"Reproductive capacity","description":"Consequences of damage for plant survival, capsule integrity and recoverable seed.","findings":[{"id":"damage-response","name":"Damage response","description":"Connect the affected sesame organs to a justified next action and a subsequent response check.","questions":[{"text":"How much lodging, stem breakage or capsule injury is present, and what reproductive structures remain intact?","id":"damage-response-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What locally supported evidence justifies treatment, removal, separate harvest or monitoring, and how will its outcome be checked?","id":"damage-response-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"capsule-retention-and-harvest","name":"Capsule retention and harvest","description":"The relationship between seed maturation, capsule opening and recoverable seed.","layers":[{"id":"maturity-and-opening","name":"Maturity and opening","description":"Separate seed maturity from capsule opening and actual seed loss.","findings":[{"id":"retention-assessment","name":"Retention assessment","description":"Record capsule opening and retained seed under a stated sampling and handling method.","questions":[{"text":"What fraction of sampled mature capsules has opened, and what seed loss is observed before and during handling?","id":"retention-assessment-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What evidence supports the claimed shattering behaviour of this accession under the present conditions?","id":"retention-assessment-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"harvest-decision-and-handoff","name":"Harvest decision and handoff","description":"A justified harvest decision and traceable transfer from parent plants to detached seed.","findings":[{"id":"harvest-readiness","name":"Harvest readiness","description":"Combine maturity distribution, measured moisture, observed retention and the intended harvest method without imposing an unverified universal threshold.","questions":[{"text":"Does the observed maturity and retention profile justify harvesting now with the proposed method, and which local criterion supports that decision?","id":"harvest-readiness-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which parent plants or sampled population produced the harvested lot, and which quality or storage decisions pass to its separate model?","id":"harvest-readiness-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify sesame plants and report crop condition for the grower who authorized it.","Read and report sesame on food labels as an allergen."],"mustNot":["Serve or recommend food containing sesame to someone who has declared a sesame allergy.","Omit sesame from ingredient or allergen information.","Recommend pesticide use beyond label instructions.","Misrepresent the origin or organic status of sesame products."],"requiresHuman":["Changing allergen labelling or recipes for products sold to the public."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Sesame allergy can cause life-threatening reactions.","Sesame is a livelihood for many smallholder farmers."],"affectedParties":["People with sesame allergy","Smallholder growers","Consumers"]},"owners":{"steward":"The grower who cultivates it; buyers and processors hold the harvested seed.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q11992872","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.sesamum-indicum","Wikidata: Q2763698 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2763698)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Identification confidence: unresolved; provisional; confirmed against a documented reference","Cultivar or accession provenance: Linked accession, cultivar declaration, supplier and parent seed lot; unknown allowed","Seed surface and margin: Surface sculpture, wing or fringe presence, colour and maturity, with magnified images","Developmental stage distribution: Emergence, vegetative growth, flowering, capsule filling, maturation and senescence; concurrent stages allowed","Capsule-bearing architecture: Height in cm; branches per plant; capsule-bearing nodes and capsules per sampled plant","Root-zone water condition: Drying; adequately moist; saturated; standing water; unknown, with observation duration","Damage burden: Percentage of sampled plants or organs affected, with symptom type and sampling denominator","Capsule opening and seed retention: Percentage of sampled mature capsules open; retained or lost seed mass under a stated method","Seed moisture: Percent moisture, specifying wet or dry basis, method and sampled capsule positions","Propagation performance: Germination and emergence percentages, each with conditions, duration and sample size"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Upright annual plant with bell-shaped white to pale pink flowers.","Elongated capsules along the stem that split open when dry.","Small flat oval seeds, white, brown or black."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Inspect and sample leaves, flowers, capsules and seeds to support or revise an identification.","Trace planting material to an accession or parent lot and establish a documented propagation trial.","Monitor development at specified plant positions and across a defined population sample.","Investigate stress or damage and select a locally supported cultivation response.","Compare capsule maturity, opening and seed retention to choose a harvest approach and timing.","Harvest seeds into a linked lot while preserving parentage, maturity and handling evidence."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Severe allergic reactions in sensitized people.","Microbial contamination of seeds and seed products.","Seed loss when capsules shatter before harvest."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, European Union, which lists sesame among allergens to declare."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Sesamum indicum is cultivated in warm agricultural regions for seeds used as food and for extracting edible oil.","It is encountered in crop fields, breeding collections and seed production plots where growth, flowering and seed capsule development inform cultivation and harvest decisions."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q2763698: Sesamum indicum","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2763698","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Sesame","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Which regional identification key and voucher material adequately distinguish S. indicum from all locally plausible Sesamum species, especially when mature seeds are unavailable?","Which accession-specific observations reliably distinguish physiological seed maturity from readiness for the intended harvest method?","Which moisture and capsule-retention thresholds have been validated for the local cultivar, climate and equipment?","Which locally important diseases and pests require dedicated observations, diagnostic methods or intervention thresholds?","What isolation and parentage evidence is sufficient for the intended seed-saving or breeding use under local pollination conditions?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q2763698/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q2763698/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-06T21:54:17Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:29+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}