Human limits in machine learning: prediction of potato yield and disease using soil microbiome data.

Journal: BMC bioinformatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The preservation of soil health is a critical challenge in the 21st century due to its significant impact on agriculture, human health, and biodiversity. We provide one of the first comprehensive investigations into the predictive potential of machine learning models for understanding the connections between soil and biological phenotypes. We investigate an integrative framework performing accurate machine learning-based prediction of plant performance from biological, chemical, and physical properties of the soil via two models: random forest and Bayesian neural network.

Authors

  • Rosa Aghdam
    School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran.
  • Xudong Tang
    School of Electronic Information, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, 310018, Zhejiang, China.
  • Shan Shan
    School of Business Analytics and Decision Making, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
  • Richard Lankau
    Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
  • Claudia Solis-Lemus
    Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. solislemus@wisc.edu.