Andrew D. B. Leakey

RootQuant held-out test set: maize and soybean minirhizotron images with manually traced root length and root surface area

A lack of high-throughput phenotyping solutions for root traits in field-grown crops has severely constrained understanding and improvement of below-ground traits and processes. Minirhizotrons are the standard non-destructive root-phenotyping method in field environments. Compute...

Improving multi-trait genomic prediction using synthetic traits from hyperspectral data based on co-heritability

Abstract Key message Synthetic traits, wavelength ratios selected by co-heritability, raised multi-trait genomic predictive ability for leaf nitrogen and specific leaf area in sorghum by up to 17% over single-trait models. Abstract Genomic prediction (GP) is an essential tool in...