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A Telemetric, Gravimetric Platform for Real-Time Physiological Phenotyping of Plant–Environment Interactions

A Telemetric, Gravimetric Platform for Real-Time Physiological Phenotyping of Plant–Environment Interactions

Published on: August 5, 2020

Hyperbolic topological data analysis mapper reveals dynamic trait-environment patterns in plant phenomics.

Jan Zdražil^1,2,3, Lingping Kong², Lukáš Spíchal¹

¹Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Slechtitelů 27, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Plant Phenomics (Washington, D.C.)

|July 1, 2026

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A new algorithm, Hyperbolic Topological Data Analysis Mapper (HTDA-Mapper), analyzes complex plant phenotyping data by preserving trait hierarchies and temporal dynamics. This method reveals hidden growth patterns and interactions, advancing plant science and crop improvement.

Keywords:

Contrasting learning Data visualization Euclidean geometry Hyperbolic geometry Plant phenomics

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Area of Science:

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Data science
Bioinformatics

Background:

Modern plant phenotyping generates complex, high-dimensional data.
Traditional methods struggle with non-linear, hierarchical, and temporal plant responses.
There is a need for advanced analytical tools to interpret intricate phenomic datasets.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce the Hyperbolic Topological Data Analysis Mapper (HTDA-Mapper) algorithm for analyzing complex plant phenotyping data.
To demonstrate HTDA-Mapper's ability to preserve hierarchical trait structures and reveal temporal growth trajectories.
To showcase the integration of HTDA-Mapper with unsupervised contrastive learning for image-based phenomic analysis.

Main Methods:

Developed HTDA-Mapper, embedding data in Poincaré ball space to preserve geometric and hierarchical structures.
Integrated HTDA-Mapper with unsupervised contrastive learning for raw image analysis without manual labeling.
Applied the framework to a high-throughput phenotyping dataset of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings over seven days under varying nutrient and priming agent treatments.

Main Results:

HTDA-Mapper successfully mapped relationships between treatment variables, compound concentrations, and phenotypic outcomes.
The algorithm detected compound-specific effects and dynamic trait-environment interactions.
It revealed complex phenotypic trajectories and facilitated biologically meaningful interpretations of high-dimensional plant data.

Conclusions:

HTDA-Mapper offers a novel approach to plant phenotyping, preserving developmental geometry and temporal dynamics.
The algorithm enhances the analysis of complex omics data beyond phenomics, including transcriptomics and metabolomics.
HTDA-Mapper can accelerate data-driven crop improvement by identifying beneficial compounds, genotypes, and growth strategies for enhanced plant resilience.