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Prediction performance of ML models representing the relationship between GA3 variables and the change of root architectural features of T_ saxatilis_
| Classifiers | Accuracy (%) | Kappa | TP | FP | Precision | Recall | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MultilayerPerceptron | 85.9 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.04 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.86 |
| Baggin | 74.2 | 0.65 | 0.74 | 0.08 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.74 |
| J48 | 85.7 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 0.05 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.86 |
| PART | 80.0 | 0.73 | 0.80 | 0.06 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.80 |
| LR | 94.3 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.01 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.94 |
| MCC | 88.6 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.04 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.88 |
Correlations between vegetative, root architectural properties and bulb nutritional content_
| Flower stem length (cm) | Number of flover | Flower stem diameter (mm) | Perianth length (cm) | Number of leaves | Leaflength (cm) | Leaf width (cm) | Mother bulb diameter (mm) | Number of bulblet | Bulblet diameter (mm) | Bulblet weight (g) | N (%) | P (%) | K (%) | Ca (%) | Mg (%) | Fe (mg · kg−1) | Cu (mg · kg−1) | Zn (mg · kg−1) | Mn (mg · kg−1) | Root length (cm) | Root surface area (cm2) | Root diameter (mm) | Root volume (cm3) | Number of tips | Number of forks | Number of crossings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant height (cm) | 0.996** | –0.994** | –0.919 | 0.603 | –0.952* | 0.992** | 0.978* | 0.450 | 0.740 | –0.242 | 0.236 | 0.262 | –0.991** | –0.725 | 0.192 | 0.401 | 0.324 | –0.186 | 0.165 | –0.664 0.277 | –0.295 | –0.180 | 0.452 | 0.123 | –0.489 | 0.058 | –0.614 |
| Flower stem length (cm) | –0.998** | –0.931 | 0.543 | –0.955* | 0.979* | 0.982* | 0.372 | 0.678 | –0.210 | 0.234 | 0.305 | –0.975* | –0.684 | 0.267 | 0.356 | 0.408 | –0.160 | 0.198 | –0.729 0.283 | –0.277 | –0.215 | 0.383 | 0.039 | –0.493 | 0.033 | –0.671 | |
| Number of hovers | 0.908 | –0.512 | 0.971* | –0.973* | –0.969* | –0.351 | –0.667 | 0.264 | –0.292 | –0.355 | 0.972* | 0.715 | –0.238 | –0.402 | –0.412 | 0.216 | –0.144 | 0.734 -0.225 | 0.220 | 0.161 | –0.351 | –0.060 | 0.440 | –0.090 | 0.644 | ||
| Flower stem diameter | –0.617 | 0.784 | –0.917 | –0.981* | –0.372 | –0.612 | –0.158 | 0.127 | –0.034 | 0.895 | 0.400 | –0.504 | –0.008 | –0.442 | –0.211 | –0.540 | 0.712 -0.606 | 0.569 | 0.553 | –0.456 | 0.180 | 0.768 | 0.333 | 0.837 | |||
| Perianth length (cm) | –0.380 | 0.695 | 0.629 | 0.948 | 0.927 | 0.090 | –0.32 | –0.560 | –0.689 | –0.431 | –0.159 | 0.151 | –0.427 | 0.185 | 0.322 | 0.107 0.594 | –0.756 | –0.310 | 0.982* | 0.468 | –0.684 | –0.272 | –0.182 | ||||
| Number of leaves | –0.917 | –0.881 | –0.274 | –0.614 | 0.473 | –0.512 | –0.533 | 0.928 | 0.820 | –0.096 | –0.578 | –0.399 | 0.435 | 0.085 | 0.715 0.014 | –0.011 | –0.066 | –0.228 | –0.157 | 0.213 | –0.319 | 0.503 | |||||
| Leaf length (cm) | 0.974* | 0.553 | 0.811 | –0.214 | 0.171 | 0.155 | –0.998** | –0.726 | 0.139 | 0.394 | 0.220 | –0.149 | 0.188 | –0.578 0.331 | –0.374 | –0.199 | 0.558 | 0.192 | –0.537 | 0.021 | –0.573 | ||||||
| Leaf width (cm) | 0.425 | 0.693 | –0.034 | 0.045 | 0.140 | –0.962* | –0.569 | 0.357 | 0.202 | 0.386 | 0.022 | 0.368 | –0.697 0.459 | –0.451 | –0.382 | 0.471 | –0.029 | –0.650 | –0.149 | –0.742 | |||||||
| Mother bulb weight (g) | 0.927 | –0.117 | –0.182 | –0.546 | –0.562 | –0.513 | –0.463 | 0.339 | –0.666 | –0.024 | 0.045 | 0.351 0.354 | –0.573 | –0.029 | 0.978* | 0.715 | –0.431 | –0.042 | 0.135 | ||||||||
| Mother bulb diameter (mm) | –0.278 | 0.047 | –0.242 | –0.823 | –0.738 | –0.340 | 0.501 | –0.390 | –0.186 | 0.007 | 0.009 0.288 | –0.468 | –0.001 | 0.893 | 0.646 | –0.440 | 0.087 | –0.087 | |||||||||
| Number of bulblet | –0.943 | –0.653 | 0.266 | 0.814 | 0.701 | –0.971* | 0.186 | 0.995** | 0.917 | –0.014 0.829 | –0.718 | –0.910 | 0.083 | –0.680 | –0.694 | –0.979* | –0.478 | ||||||||||
| Bulblet diameter (mm) | 0.866 | –0.216 | –0.705 | –0.457 | 0.861 | 0.128 | –0.964* | –0.854 | –0.233 -0.866 | 0.840 | 0.839 | –0.362 | 0.398 | 0.730 | 0.951* | 0.294 | |||||||||||
| Bulblet weight (g) | –0.179 | –0.439 | 0.037 | 0.526 | 0.598 | –0.702 | –0.539 | –0.608 -0.688 | 0.793 | 0.514 | –0.654 | –0.109 | 0.564 | 0.685 | –0.108 | ||||||||||||
| N (%) | 0.763 | –0.090 | –0.444 | –0.196 | 0.201 | –0.134 | 0.559 -0.284 | 0.335 | 0.145 | –0.555 | –0.235 | 0.494 | –0.073 | 0.532 | |||||||||||||
| p (%) | 0.491 | –0.918 | 0.128 | 0.764 | 0.534 | 0.216 0.353 | –0.221 | –0.526 | –0.374 | –0.678 | –0.147 | –0.679 | –0.071 | ||||||||||||||
| K(%) | –0.720 | 0.823 | 0.673 | 0.806 | –0.707 0.603 | –0.380 | –0.821 | –0.289 | –0.937 | –0.591 | –0.703 | –0.891 | |||||||||||||||
| Ca (%) | –0.269 | –0.944 | –0.825 | 0.018 -0.675 | 0.530 | 0.821 | 0.150 | 0.776 | 0.516 | 0.904 | 0.412 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mg (%) | 0.138 | 0.344 | –0.921 0.100 | 0.136 | –0.370 | –0.588 | –0.806 | –0.165 | –0.174 | –0.786 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fe (mg · kg−1) | 0.933 | 0.002 0.874 | –0.781 | –0.925 | 0.177 | –0.623 | –0.748 | –0.992** | –0.484 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cu(mg·kg−1) | –0.305 0.950 | –0.840 | –1.000** | 0.250 | –0.657 | –0.901 | –0.969* | –0.749 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Zn (mg · kg−1) | –0.157 | –0.021 | 0.332 | 0.295 | 0.570 | 0.299 | 0.078 | 0.854 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mn (mg·kg−1) | –0.966* | –0.944 | 0.539 | –0.390 | –0.973* | –0.925 | –0.645 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Root length (cm) | 0.828 | –0.730 | 0.143 | 0.948 | 0.836 | 0.479 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Root surface area (cm2) | –0.233 | 0.672 | 0.899 | 0.963* | 0.767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Root diameter (mm) | 0.560 | –0.599 | –0.246 | –0.011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Root volume (cm3) | 0.322 | 0.610 | 0.689 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of tips | 0.825 | 0.730 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of forks | 0.567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of crossings |