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- Title
Yield and Quality Prediction of Winter Rapeseed—Artificial Neural Network and Random Forest Models.
- Authors
Rajković, Dragana; Marjanović Jeromela, Ana; Pezo, Lato; Lončar, Biljana; Zanetti, Federica; Monti, Andrea; Kondić Špika, Ankica
- Abstract
As one of the greatest agricultural challenges, yield prediction is an important issue for producers, stakeholders, and the global trade market. Most of the variation in yield is attributed to environmental factors such as climate conditions, soil type and cultivation practices. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) and random forest regression (RFR) are machine learning tools that are used unambiguously for crop yield prediction. There is limited research regarding the application of these mathematical models for the prediction of rapeseed yield and quality. A four-year study (2015–2018) was carried out in the Republic of Serbia with 40 winter rapeseed genotypes. The field trial was designed as a randomized complete block design in three replications. ANN, based on the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno iterative algorithm, and RFR models were used for prediction of seed yield, oil and protein yield, oil and protein content, and 1000 seed weight, based on the year of production and genotype. The best production year for rapeseed cultivation was 2016, when the highest seed and oil yield were achieved, 2994 kg/ha and 1402 kg/ha, respectively. The RFR model showed better prediction capabilities compared to the ANN model (the r2 values for prediction of output variables were 0.944, 0.935, 0.912, 0.886, 0.936 and 0.900, for oil and protein content, seed yield, 1000 seed weight, oil and protein yield, respectively).
- Subjects
SERBIA; ARTIFICIAL neural networks; RANDOM forest algorithms; RAPESEED; SEED yield; TILLAGE; OIL &; fat extraction
- Publication
Agronomy, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
2073-4395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/agronomy12010058