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Zhenyu Zhang^1,2, Kaiyu Guan^1,2,3,4, Robert F Grant⁵

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This study uses deep learning to map winter wheat traits across the U.S., improving climate change adaptation predictions. It reveals how specific traits influence crop performance and vulnerability to changing weather patterns.

Keywords:

agroecosystem model climate sensitivity cultivar‐related trait proxies model‐data fusion observational constraints surrogate modeling

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Climate Science
Computational Biology

Background:

Genotype × Environment × Management (G×E×M) interactions are crucial for predicting crop performance under climate change.
Current continental-scale crop models lack spatial resolution to capture adaptive trait variation.

Purpose of the Study:

To infer spatially explicit physiological controls of U.S. winter wheat using model-data fusion.
To improve predictions of agricultural performance by accounting for trait variability.

Main Methods:

Integrated the Ecosys mechanistic agroecosystem model with a deep learning-enabled model-data fusion inversion.
Constrained simulations with satellite-derived photosynthesis and county-level yield records (2008-2022).

Main Results:

Recovered coherent patterns of winter wheat maturity, reproductive capacity, harvest index, and root-shoot allocation.
Optimized simulations accurately reproduced observed carbon uptake and yield variability.
Inferred physiological profiles aligned with major winter wheat market classes and explained climate sensitivities.

Conclusions:

Observation-constrained trait inversion reveals biologically meaningful crop-class variation.
Provides a scalable, physiologically grounded framework for diagnosing adaptive diversity and climate vulnerability in agroecosystems.