Image Filtering to Improve Maize Tassel Detection Accuracy Using Machine Learning Algorithms.

Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based imagery has become widely used to collect time-series agronomic data, which are then incorporated into plant breeding programs to enhance crop improvements. To make efficient analysis possible, in this study, by leveraging an aerial photography dataset for a field trial of 233 different inbred lines from the maize diversity panel, we developed machine learning methods for obtaining automated tassel counts at the plot level. We employed both an object-based counting-by-detection (CBD) approach and a density-based counting-by-regression (CBR) approach. Using an image segmentation method that removes most of the pixels not associated with the plant tassels, the results showed a dramatic improvement in the accuracy of object-based (CBD) detection, with the cross-validation prediction accuracy ( r 2 ) peaking at 0.7033 on a detector trained with images with a filter threshold of 90. The CBR approach showed the greatest accuracy when using unfiltered images, with a mean absolute error (MAE) of 7.99. However, when using bootstrapping, images filtered at a threshold of 90 showed a slightly better MAE (8.65) than the unfiltered images (8.90). These methods will allow for accurate estimates of flowering-related traits and help to make breeding decisions for crop improvement.

Plant phenotyping relevance

トウモロコシ雄穂を画像から自動計数し、画像セグメンテーションと2種類の機械学習手法の精度を検証する研究であり、植物表現型取得法が中心である。

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