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Samuel Walker

Pennsylvania State University

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ROOTQUANT: AUTOMATED ROOT TRAIT QUANTIFICATION FROMMINIRHIZOTRON IMAGES USING DEEP LEARNING

Kinjalk Parth, Sebastián Varela, Zhiru Liu, K. Michael Martini, Ashish B. Rajurkar, Dylan P. Allen, Scott M. McCoy, Jeremy Ruhter, Samuel Walker, Nigel D. Goldenfeld, Andrew D. B. Leakey

RootQuant uses deep learning to automatically quantify root traits from minirhizotron images, achieving high accuracy across species without pixel-level annotations.

bioRxiv · Jul 8, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

Ploidy alters root anatomy and shapes the evolution of wheat polyploids

Jagdeep Singh Sidhu, Harsimardeep Singh Gill, Samuel Walker, Harini Rangarajan, Iván López-Valdivia, Mandeep Singh, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers, Sunish K. Sehgal, Jonathan Paul Lynch

This study identifies ploidy-induced root anatomical changes in wheat that improved nutrient use efficiency and adaptation to Neolithic agroecosystems.

bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2025 · PreprintPlant Biology