Claim · model-written summary
The Sine model accurately fitted the growth dynamics of curd area.
- Taxon
- cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytist0 - Outcome
- growth dynamics of leaf area and curd areae0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
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Verbatim
t0“cauliflower”
e0“the Richards model and Sine model were used to accurately fit the growth dynamics of leaf area and curd area, respectively”
Title
Saichuan Cheng; Sidi Wu; Qingqing Shao; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2026. doi:10.3389/fpls.2026.1836813
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Method / resource YOLO12s-seg was the optimal instance segmentation model among those screened for cauliflower plants and curds.
- Method / resource YOLO12s-seg achieved a segmentation mask mAP 50 of 99.4% for plants and curds in sparsely planted images.
- Method / resource The model showed an advantage in identifying partially occluded early curds beneath inner leaves.
- Method / resource Traits such as plant canopy width and curd diameter automatically extracted from segmentation were highly consistent with manual measurements (R2 > 0.90).
- Method / resource The Richards model accurately fitted the growth dynamics of leaf area.
- Observation Based on growth kinetics, curds were classified into three types: mature and compact, peak-burst, and steady-increase.
- Observation Cluster analysis of 47 germplasms based on high-throughput phenotyping data revealed four groups with distinct growth characteristics.
- Method / resource A platform for cauliflower growth monitoring and phenotypic analysis was developed, giving full-process support from automatic image processing to growth dynamic analysis.