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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2026

Machine Learning-Driven Construction of High-Yielding Cucumber Plant Architectures in Greenhouse Environments.

Cuifang Zhu, Hongjun Yu, Caili Zhao, Hongyang Wu, Xiaoyang Wan, Tao Lu, Yang Li, Weijie Jiang, Qiang Li

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Cuifang ZhuState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0483-6960
Hongjun YuState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Caili ZhaoCollege of Horticulture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China.
Hongyang WuState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiaoyang WanState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Tao LuState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yang LiState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Weijie JiangState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Qiang LiState Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.

Funding

China Agricultural Research System CARS-23-B07National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFD2300703Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Smart Agriculture Research Center HUNONGKECENTER[2025]002Shanghai Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture Technology GrantNo.KF202503
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the context of declining arable land, the development of plant architectures that maximise the use of finite resources is crucial for addressing food security. This study collected yield data, along with aboveground and root traits, from 263 cucumber varieties. Machine learning models and scenario simulations were utilised with the goal of identifying a high-yielding cucumber architecture suitable for greenhouse cultivation. Our findings indicate that cucumber yields can be predicted using aboveground and root phenotypes, such as the position of the first female flower node, leaf width, stem diameter, and root angle, with the combination of GBDT and SVM algorithms yielding the most accurate results (R

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Cucumis sativusMachine LearningPhenotypePlant LeavesPlant Rootscucumbermachine learningplant architecturesynergistic/antagonistic effectsyield prediction

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PMCPMC13110177

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