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potato
vr.tr.potato · thing-q10998
Let an agent handle potatoes by variety, growing, storage, cooking, food safety and plant health, and separate sweet potatoes.
Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.LIV
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Variety Choosing potatoes.
Cooking
Waxy or floury.
Cooking
Cooking types.
- Is this variety waxy or floury, and which dishes does it suit? provenance
- Which variety register describes it? provenance
Origin
Andean heritage.
Origin
Origin.
- Where and when were potatoes domesticated, according to research? provenance
- Which native varieties are conserved in the Andes? provenance
Grow Growing.
Planting
Planting and care.
Planting
Planting.
- When and how should seed potatoes be planted and earthed up? provenance
- Should certified seed be used? provenance
Blight
Diseases.
Blight
Blight and pests.
- Are the plants showing signs of late blight or notifiable pests? boundary
- What should be done, and must it be reported? provenance
Food Storage and safety.
Green
Green and sprouted.
Green
Green potatoes.
- Are the potatoes green or sprouting, and what do food safety authorities advise? provenance
- Has someone become ill after eating them? boundary
Storage
Keeping potatoes.
Storage
Storage.
- How should potatoes be stored to avoid greening and sprouting? provenance
- Should they be kept away from light? action
Senses Disambiguation.
Sweet potato
Different crop.
Sweet potato
Sweet potato.
- Is sweet potato meant, which is a different species? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
History
Famines and trade.
History
History.
- How did potatoes shape history, such as the Irish famine, according to historians? provenance
- Is the description sensitive to those affected? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Champion potato, waxy potato, Kita-akari, Allqa culebra, Tika Bole potato cultivar, Purple sweet potato cultivar, Maltese potato, Opperdoezer Ronde, Bamberg potato, Amandine potato, Red Pontiac potato, Belle de Fontenay
What it is Filled
A perennial plant, Solanum tuberosum, grown for its starchy tubers, first domesticated in the Andes and now a major staple crop worldwide, with many cultivars such as waxy and floury types; green or sprouted parts contain toxic glycoalkaloids, and sweet potatoes belong to a different species.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle potatoes by variety, growing, storage, cooking, food safety and plant health, and separate sweet potatoes.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Starchy tuber
- Andean origin
- Major staple
- Toxic green parts
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Serve potatoes with green parts or sprouts to people.
- Move seed potatoes across borders against plant health rules.
- Present sweet potatoes as the same species.
- Misstate the origin of the crop.
Only with a human decision
- Planting genetically modified potatoes where approval is required.
May
- Advise on growing, storing and cooking potatoes, citing agricultural sources.
- Warn that green or sprouted parts should not be eaten.
Moral aspects Filled
- The potato is a staple whose failure caused famine; crop diversity matters for food security.
- Andean peoples domesticated it and their varieties deserve recognition.
Who is affected
- Farmers and eaters
- Andean communities
- People who rely on staple crops
Owners Filled
Steward
The grower; plant variety and seed registers record cultivars.
Master systems
- Plant variety registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q11992872 - registry parent class
- Q157957 - registry parent class
- Q21028485 - registry parent class
related
- useful plant - category
- nightshade family - family
- late blight - disease
- sweet potato - different species
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.potato
- Wikidata: Q10998 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10998)
Direct properties required Filled
- Plant height: cm - Measure from soil level to the highest living shoot and record the growth stage.
- Tuber fresh mass: g - Weigh individual harvested tubers after removing adhering soil and record the cultivar.
- Leaf blade length: cm - Measure the compound leaf blade from its base to its tip without including the petiole.
Recognition required Filled
- Tubers with eyes
- Leafy plants with white or purple flowers
- Sweet potatoes are unrelated roots
- Underground tubers with brown, red, yellow or purple skins, and leafy plants with flowers.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- choose potato varieties for cooking or growing
- grow and store potatoes
- avoid green or sprouted parts
- recognise and report plant diseases such as blight
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Glycoalkaloid poisoning from green potatoes
- Spreading blight or pests
- Burns from hot oil when frying
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Seed potato certification
- Plant health rules on potato pests
- Food labelling rules
Context of use required Filled
- Food, agriculture and industry.
- waxy potatoes
- floury potatoes
- early and maincrop potatoes
- Andean native varieties
- industrial potatoes
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q10998: potato - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Potato - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should cultivars be separate entries?
- How should variety registers be linked?
- How should sweet potato be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q10998/spec.json