Potato Tuber Length-Width Ratio Assessment Using Image Analysis

Potato tuber length to width (L/W) ratio is a critical crop trait evaluated during the development and selection of new cultivars to assess the effects of environment and management on tuber size and shape. The major challenges in manual measurement of L/W ratio are that it is labor-intensive, time...

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Published in:American journal of potato research 2017-02, Vol.94 (1), p.88-93
Main Authors: Si, Yongsheng, Sankaran, Sindhuja, Knowles, N. Richard, Pavek, Mark J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Cultivars
Environmental effects
Life Sciences
Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Pathology
Plant Sciences
Potatoes
Short Communication
Vegetables
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Summary:Potato tuber length to width (L/W) ratio is a critical crop trait evaluated during the development and selection of new cultivars to assess the effects of environment and management on tuber size and shape. The major challenges in manual measurement of L/W ratio are that it is labor-intensive, time consuming, and sometimes inconsistent. A high-throughput, digital image-based method for estimation of L/W ratio was developed in this study. Tests were conducted using tubers from a local retail market (red, white and russet) and from a field experiment with Payette Russet cultivar specifically designed to alter tuber size and shape. An image processing algorithm was developed to process the potato tuber images and the L/W ratio data from the images were compared to manual caliper measurements. A high accuracy in tuber L/W ratio estimation was consistently observed using image-based analysis. Among the different potato cultivars, red cultivars had a lower average accuracy in L/W ratio estimation of 94%, while other cultivars exhibited 96% and higher average accuracies.
ISSN:1099-209X
1874-9380
DOI:10.1007/s12230-016-9545-1