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This study introduces an automated method for detecting plant stomata using deep learning, improving efficiency and accuracy for land surface models. The workflow is adaptable across diverse plant species, aiding researchers in data collection.

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Area of Science:

  • Plant Biology
  • Computational Biology
  • Ecology

Background:

  • Stomata are crucial for plant gas exchange, influencing transpiration and photosynthesis.
  • Accurate stomatal trait data is vital for land surface models but is currently time-consuming to collect.
  • Existing automated methods for stomatal detection lack robustness and broad applicability across plant species.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an easy-to-use and adaptable workflow for automatic stomatal detection.
  • To apply deep neural networks for robust stomatal identification across angiosperm phylogeny.
  • To provide a standardized, efficient method for stomatal trait data acquisition.

Main Methods:

  • A patch-based deep learning approach was used, training three architectures on micrographs from herbarium specimens.
  • The nail polish method was employed for leaf print preparation.
  • The best-performing VGG19 architecture was validated on diverse angiosperm species.

Main Results:

  • The VGG19 architecture achieved an average F-score of 0.87 (training), 0.89 (validation), and 0.67 (unseen test set).
  • High accuracy (94%) was observed for stomatal counts on unseen images.
  • The nail polish method proved effective in 78% of sampled species.

Conclusions:

  • The developed leaf-to-label pipeline offers an efficient and adaptable solution for stomatal detection.
  • This methodology can serve as a reference for future research in plant trait analysis.
  • The study demonstrates the potential of deep learning for advancing plant science research.