Claim · model-written summary
The ensemble model showed strong performance with a mean AUC of 0.92 for Striga hermonthica habitat distribution.
- Taxon
- Striga hermonthica
Striga hermonthicae0 - Outcome
- mean AUCe1
- Value
- 0.92e1
Verbatim
e0“Striga hermonthica is a root-parasitic plant that attacks many important cereal crops, including sorghum, teff, and rice”
e1“The ensemble model, built using seven algorithms with 10 replicates each, demonstrated strong performance (mean AUC = 0.92; TSS = 0.75)”
Title
Mikiyas Abebe; Zerihun Woldu; Zemede Asfaw; et al. Scientific Reports 2026. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-58168-9
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Method / resource The ensemble model showed strong performance with a TSS of 0.75 for Striga hermonthica habitat distribution.
- Observation About 234,326.35 km² of Ethiopia was found suitable for Striga hermonthica under current climate conditions.
- Observation The most influential environmental variables for Striga hermonthica distribution were precipitation during the warmest quarter and temperature seasonality.
- Association Projected 2050 and 2070 climate scenarios are associated with an increase in the range of Striga hermonthica.
- Observation Northern, northwestern, western and eastern lowlands of Ethiopia are identified as risk areas for Striga hermonthica.
- Recommendation Stakeholders should take early expansion-controlling management of Striga hermonthica, such as awareness creation for farmers.