Embeddings from standardized sorghum leaf images capture variation in disease response that human scoring misses
Jensina M. Davis, Jonathan Turkus, Sofiya Arora, Karla Montserrat Cuéllar-Perez, Libia Fernanda Gómez-Trejo, Rubén Ruvalcaba‐Ramírez, Chidanand Ullagaddi, Xianyan Kuang, Somashekhar M. Punnuri, Saet‐Byul Kim, James C. Schnable
The paper uses standardized leaf imaging and vision encoders to capture disease response variation missed by human scoring, identifying genomic hotspots linked to disease symptoms.
bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology