A Three-Dimensional Phenotype Extraction Method Based on Point Cloud Segmentation for All-Period Cotton Multiple Organs

Phenotypic data of cotton can accurately reflect the physiological status of plants and their adaptability to environmental conditions, playing a significant role in the screening of germplasm resources and genetic improvement. Therefore, this study proposes a cotton phenotypic data extraction algor...

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Main Authors: Pengyu Chu, Bo Han, Qiang Guo, Yiping Wan, Jingjing Zhang
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
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Bo Han
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Yiping Wan
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Jingjing Zhang
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description Phenotypic data of cotton can accurately reflect the physiological status of plants and their adaptability to environmental conditions, playing a significant role in the screening of germplasm resources and genetic improvement. Therefore, this study proposes a cotton phenotypic data extraction algorithm that integrates ResDGCNN with an improved region-growing method and constructs a 3D point cloud dataset of cotton covering the entire growth period under real growth conditions. To address the challenge of significant structural variations in cotton organs across different growth stages, we designed an innovative point cloud segmentation algorithm, ResDGCNN, which integrates residual learning with dynamic graph convolution to enhance organ segmentation performance throughout all developmental stages. In addition, to address the challenge of accurately segmenting overlapping regions between different cotton organs, we introduced an optimization strategy that combines point distance mapping with curvature-based normal vectors and developed an improved region-growing algorithm to achieve fine segmentation of multiple cotton organs, including leaves, stems, and flower buds. Experimental data show that, in the task of organ segmentation throughout the entire cotton growth cycle, the ResDGCNN model achieved a segmentation accuracy of 67.55%, with a 4.86% improvement in mIoU compared to the baseline model. In the fine-grained segmentation of overlapping leaves, the model achieved an R<sup>2</sup> of 0.962 and an RMSE of 2.0. The average relative error in stem length estimation was 0.973, providing a reliable solution for acquiring 3D phenotypic data of cotton.
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spelling doaj-art-75f7e505d5c94e48bf824c8075bf340f2025-08-20T02:33:02ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472025-05-011411157810.3390/plants14111578A Three-Dimensional Phenotype Extraction Method Based on Point Cloud Segmentation for All-Period Cotton Multiple OrgansPengyu Chu0Bo Han1Qiang Guo2Yiping Wan3Jingjing Zhang4College of Computer and Information Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, ChinaCollege of Computer and Information Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, ChinaCollege of Computer and Information Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, ChinaCollege of Computer and Information Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, ChinaCollege of Computer and Information Engineering, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, ChinaPhenotypic data of cotton can accurately reflect the physiological status of plants and their adaptability to environmental conditions, playing a significant role in the screening of germplasm resources and genetic improvement. Therefore, this study proposes a cotton phenotypic data extraction algorithm that integrates ResDGCNN with an improved region-growing method and constructs a 3D point cloud dataset of cotton covering the entire growth period under real growth conditions. To address the challenge of significant structural variations in cotton organs across different growth stages, we designed an innovative point cloud segmentation algorithm, ResDGCNN, which integrates residual learning with dynamic graph convolution to enhance organ segmentation performance throughout all developmental stages. In addition, to address the challenge of accurately segmenting overlapping regions between different cotton organs, we introduced an optimization strategy that combines point distance mapping with curvature-based normal vectors and developed an improved region-growing algorithm to achieve fine segmentation of multiple cotton organs, including leaves, stems, and flower buds. Experimental data show that, in the task of organ segmentation throughout the entire cotton growth cycle, the ResDGCNN model achieved a segmentation accuracy of 67.55%, with a 4.86% improvement in mIoU compared to the baseline model. In the fine-grained segmentation of overlapping leaves, the model achieved an R<sup>2</sup> of 0.962 and an RMSE of 2.0. The average relative error in stem length estimation was 0.973, providing a reliable solution for acquiring 3D phenotypic data of cotton.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14/11/1578cottonplant phenotypeartificial intelligenceresidual modulepoint cloud segmentation
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A Three-Dimensional Phenotype Extraction Method Based on Point Cloud Segmentation for All-Period Cotton Multiple Organs
Plants
cotton
plant phenotype
artificial intelligence
residual module
point cloud segmentation
title A Three-Dimensional Phenotype Extraction Method Based on Point Cloud Segmentation for All-Period Cotton Multiple Organs
title_full A Three-Dimensional Phenotype Extraction Method Based on Point Cloud Segmentation for All-Period Cotton Multiple Organs
title_fullStr A Three-Dimensional Phenotype Extraction Method Based on Point Cloud Segmentation for All-Period Cotton Multiple Organs
title_full_unstemmed A Three-Dimensional Phenotype Extraction Method Based on Point Cloud Segmentation for All-Period Cotton Multiple Organs
title_short A Three-Dimensional Phenotype Extraction Method Based on Point Cloud Segmentation for All-Period Cotton Multiple Organs
title_sort three dimensional phenotype extraction method based on point cloud segmentation for all period cotton multiple organs
topic cotton
plant phenotype
artificial intelligence
residual module
point cloud segmentation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14/11/1578
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