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Assessing Contents of Sugars, Vitamins, and Nutrients in Baby Leaf Lettuce from Hyperspectral Data with Machine Learning Models

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  • Sulaymon Eshkabilov

    (Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102, USA)

  • Ivan Simko

    (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Sam Farr United States Crop Improvement and Protection Research Center, Salinas, CA 93905, USA)

Abstract

Lettuce ( Lactuca sativa ) is a leafy vegetable that provides a valuable source of phytonutrients for a healthy human diet. The assessment of plant growth and composition is vital for determining crop yield and overall quality; however, classical laboratory analyses are slow and costly. Therefore, new, less expensive, more rapid, and non-destructive approaches are being developed, including those based on (hyper)spectral reflectance. Additionally, it is important to determine how plant phenotypes respond to fertilizer treatments and whether these differences in response can be detected from analyses of hyperspectral image data. In the current study, we demonstrate the suitability of hyperspectral imaging in combination with machine learning models to estimate the content of chlorophyll (SPAD), anthocyanins (ACI), glucose, fructose, sucrose, vitamin C, β-carotene, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), dry matter content, and plant fresh weight. Five classification and regression machine learning models were implemented, showing high accuracy in classifying the lettuces based on the applied fertilizers treatments and estimating nutrient concentrations. To reduce the input (predictor data, i.e., hyperspectral data) dimension, 13 principal components were identified and applied in the models. The implemented artificial neural network models of the machine learning algorithm demonstrated high accuracy (r = 0.85 to 0.99) in estimating fresh leaf weight, and the contents of chlorophyll, anthocyanins, N, P, K, and β-carotene. The four applied classification models of machine learning demonstrated 100% accuracy in classifying the studied baby leaf lettuces by phenotype when specific fertilizer treatments were applied.

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  • Sulaymon Eshkabilov & Ivan Simko, 2024. "Assessing Contents of Sugars, Vitamins, and Nutrients in Baby Leaf Lettuce from Hyperspectral Data with Machine Learning Models," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-14, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:14:y:2024:i:6:p:834-:d:1402495
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