Machine Learning Approach for Predicting Flowering Time in Sorghum

Abstract

Sorghum is an important cereal crop grown across the globe for its grain and biomass value. It can also efficiently use resources such as nitrogen, and multiple varieties that are nitrogen-use and light-capture efficient are constantly being developed. This study focuses on using the spectral signature of sorghum varieties to predict flowering days, which could be used as a proxy for plants’ growth/productivity and development trends, thus helping breeders make quick decisions about what varieties to move to the next stage. Multiple sorghum varieties from the sorghum association panel were planted in a replicate-design field experiment with the variable supply of nitrogen. The flowering days were monitored and recorded. The hyperspectral reflectance data were collected and used to build a sorghum flowering days predictive model. Although regression models such as partial least square have been used to predict plants’ phenotypes, the non-parametric ensemble machine learning model turned out to perform better on flowering days with an accurate model up to 5 days.

Plant phenotyping relevance

ソルガムのハイパースペクトル反射データから開花日数という植物形質を予測するモデルを構築・評価しており、形質取得と計算推定が研究の中心である。

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