DAS and the Ludwig deep learning toolbox

Authors

• RM Henderson

Abstract

From a systems perspective, plant physiology is more or less an inversion of human physiology. Whereas we humans have most of our supportive metabolome on the inside—in our gut—plants have most of their metabolome on the outside—at their roots. Whereas most of our oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange takes place in our lungs, most of a plant’s O2—CO2 exchange occurs in its leaves. Furthermore, most of our movement is over a wide spatial range, and that movement and structural support is provided mainly by our musculoskeletal system. Plants, in contrast, move on relatively miniscule yet potentially consequential spatial scales, and that movement results mostly from their outer vascular structures. Therefore, in order to gather comprehensive metrics for agricultural dynamics and diverse crop sustainability a systems biology approach is required. This research utilizes the world- wide distributed acoustic sensing network, DAS. We review an open source DL toolbox, Ludwig. And we show how Ludwig can be used in an agricultural and aquacultural context to mitigate plant-borne infectious diseases.

Scientific Focus Area: Systems Biology

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