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. 2020 Oct 30;9(11):1467. doi: 10.3390/plants9111467

Table 1.

Informative datasets (features, target variables) and system boundaries used to run machine learning and compositional data analysis models on fruit production systems at a plot scale.

Method System Closure Feature Target Variable
Machine learning Plot boundary
  • Tissue test (diagnostic tissue): N, P, K, Mg, S, Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn, B, Na, Al, …

  • Soil test: pH, sand, silt and clay, organic matter, P, K, Ca, Mg, exchangeable acidity, …

  • Others: cultivar (clone), rootstock, year, semester, plot number, well number, soil classification, management practices (tillage, cover crop, training method, pest management, …), meteorological data, harvest method, …

  • Fruit yield

  • Fruit yield class

  • Nutrient offtake

  • Fruit quality

Compositional data analysis Measurement unit
  • Tissue test (diagnostic tissue): N, P, K, Mg, S, Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn, B, Na, Al, …

  • Soil test (0–20 cm, sometimes 20–40 cm): sand, silt and clay, organic matter, P, K, Ca, Mg, exchangeable acidity, …

  • Euclidean distance

  • Clr differences

  • Perturbation vector