Challenges and Opportunities in Machine-Augmented Plant Stress Phenotyping

Singh, Arti; Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar; Jones, Sarah; Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar; Sarkar, Soumik; Mueller, Daren; Sandhu, Kulbir; Nagasubramanian, Koushik

Challenges and Opportunities in Machine-Augmented Plant Stress Phenotyping

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2020-08-20

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Singh, Arti

Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar

Jones, Sarah

Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar

Sarkar, Soumik

Mueller, Daren

Sandhu, Kulbir

Nagasubramanian, Koushik

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Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar

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Mechanical Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University is where innovation thrives and the impossible is made possible. This is where your passion for problem-solving and hands-on learning can make a real difference in our world. Whether you’re helping improve the environment, creating safer automobiles, or advancing medical technologies, and athletic performance, the Department of Mechanical Engineering gives you the tools and talent to blaze your own trail to an amazing career.

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Plant Pathology and Microbiology

The Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology and the Department of Entomology officially merged as of September 1, 2022. The new department is known as the Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology (PPEM). The overall mission of the Department is to benefit society through research, teaching, and extension activities that improve pest management and prevent disease. Collectively, the Department consists of about 100 faculty, staff, and students who are engaged in research, teaching, and extension activities that are central to the mission of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The Department possesses state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities in the Advanced Research and Teaching Building and in Science II. In addition, research and extension activities are performed off-campus at the Field Extension Education Laboratory, the Horticulture Station, the Agriculture Engineering/Agronomy Farm, and several Research and Demonstration Farms located around the state. Furthermore, the Department houses the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic, the Iowa Soybean Research Center, the Insect Zoo, and BugGuide. Several USDA-ARS scientists are also affiliated with the Department.

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) contains two focuses. The focus on Electrical Engineering teaches students in the fields of control systems, electromagnetics and non-destructive evaluation, microelectronics, electric power & energy systems, and the like. The Computer Engineering focus teaches in the fields of software systems, embedded systems, networking, information security, computer architecture, etc.

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The Department of Electrical Engineering was formed in 1909 from the division of the Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering. In 1985 its name changed to Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. In 1995 it became the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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1909-present

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Department of Electrical Engineering (1909-1985)
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering (1985-1995)

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College of Engineering (parent college)
Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering (predecessor)

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Agronomy

The Department of Agronomy seeks to teach the study of the farm-field, its crops, and its science and management. It originally consisted of three sub-departments to do this: Soils, Farm-Crops, and Agricultural Engineering (which became its own department in 1907). Today, the department teaches crop sciences and breeding, soil sciences, meteorology, agroecology, and biotechnology.

History
The Department of Agronomy was formed in 1902. From 1917 to 1935 it was known as the Department of Farm Crops and Soils.

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1902–present

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Department of Farm Crops and Soils (1917–1935)

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (parent college)

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Mechanical EngineeringPlant Pathology and MicrobiologyElectrical and Computer EngineeringAgronomyPlant Pathology and Microbiology

Abstract

Plant stress phenotyping is essential to select stress-resistant varieties and develop better stress-management strategies. Standardization of visual assessments and deployment of imaging techniques have improved the accuracy and reliability of stress assessment in comparison with unaided visual measurement. The growing capabilities of machine learning (ML) methods in conjunction with image-based phenotyping can extract new insights from curated, annotated, and high-dimensional datasets across varied crops and stresses. We propose an overarching strategy for utilizing ML techniques that methodically enables the application of plant stress phenotyping at multiple scales across different types of stresses, program goals, and environments.

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This article is published as Singh, Arti, Sarah Jones, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Soumik Sarkar, Daren Mueller, Kulbir Sandhu, and Koushik Nagasubramanian. "Challenges and Opportunities in Machine-Augmented Plant Stress Phenotyping." Trends in Plant Science (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.07.010. Posted with permission.

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