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Hyperspectral machine-learning model for screening tea germplasm resources with drought tolerance.

Sizhou Chen^1,2, Jiazhi Shen¹, Kai Fan²

¹Tea Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China.

Frontiers in Plant Science

|December 19, 2022

Summary

Hyperspectral imaging and machine learning offer a faster, non-destructive method for assessing tea drought tolerance. The new Tea-DTC model accurately predicts drought tolerance in tea germplasm resources.

Keywords:

drought tolerance hyperspectral imaging machine learning nondestructive testing tea germplasm resources

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Area of Science:

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Plant Physiology
Remote Sensing

Background:

Drought tolerance and quality stability are key traits for tea germplasm evaluation.
Traditional screening methods are time-consuming and destructive, relying on physiological and biochemical indicators.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a rapid, non-destructive method for evaluating drought tolerance in tea germplasm resources.
To model hyperspectral data with physiological indicators for predicting drought tolerance.

Main Methods:

Acquisition of hyperspectral images of tea plants under drought stress.
Modeling of hyperspectral data with physiological indicators like malondialdehyde, soluble sugar, and total polyphenol.
Application of machine learning algorithms (SVM, RF, PLSR) to develop a predictive model for drought tolerance coefficient (DTC).

Main Results:

Identified key physiological indicators (malondialdehyde, soluble sugar, total polyphenol) and their information content.
Established a drought tolerance ranking for different tea varieties.
Developed the MSC-2D-UVE-SVM (Tea-DTC) model with high prediction accuracy (R² = 0.77, RMSE = 0.073, MAPE = 0.16).

Conclusions:

Hyperspectral imaging combined with machine learning provides an effective and non-destructive method for tea drought tolerance assessment.
The developed Tea-DTC model can be utilized as a novel screening tool for tea germplasm resources.
This approach facilitates efficient identification of drought-tolerant tea varieties.