{"id":6700,"date":"2025-12-10T16:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/?p=6700"},"modified":"2025-12-10T16:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:20:12","slug":"seasonal-color-shifts-and-genetic-diversity-in-scots-pine-a-generalizable-rgb-imaging-and-cnn-based-framework-for-conifer-seedlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/2025\/12\/10\/seasonal-color-shifts-and-genetic-diversity-in-scots-pine-a-generalizable-rgb-imaging-and-cnn-based-framework-for-conifer-seedlings\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal color shifts and genetic diversity in Scots pine: a generalizable RGB imaging and CNN-based framework for conifer seedlings"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-10_Chuchlik-J.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6702 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-10_Chuchlik-J-165x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-10_Chuchlik-J-165x300.png 165w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-10_Chuchlik-J-562x1024.png 562w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-10_Chuchlik-J-640x1167.png 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/25-12-10_Chuchlik-J.png 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a>Key message<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Leveraging affordable red-green-blue (RGB) imaging and neural network algorithms, this study delivers a high-throughput method to\u00a0quantify seasonal color shifts and genetic variation in Scots pine seedlings. Hue-saturation-brightness (HSB) color analysis, and RGB values can be\u00a0used for population and seasonal differentiation and hold potential for advancing breeding programs in forestry under changing climatic conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong><br \/>\nScots pine seedlings; Phenology; Autumn reddening; Heritability; Forest nursery; Affordable phenotyping; RGB imaging; HSB color; Deep learning; Convolutional neural network<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1186\/s13595-025-01308-4'  style='float: right; ' ><\/div>\n<p><strong>Publication<\/strong><br \/>\nChuchl\u00edk, J., \u010cepl, J., Neuwirthov\u00e1, E.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0Seasonal color shifts and genetic diversity in Scots pine: a generalizable RGB imaging and CNN-based framework for conifer seedlings.\u00a0<i>Annals of Forest Science<\/i>\u00a082, 38 (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01308-4\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01308-4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Data availability<\/strong><br \/>\nThe datasets generated during and analyzed during the current study are available in the Figshare repository,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.28239326.v2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.28239326.v2<\/a>\u00a0and referenced as Cuchlik (<a id=\"ref-link-section-d137180660e5851\" title=\"Chuchl\u00edk J\u00a0(2025) Pine seedling segmentation pipeline for RGB values acquisition., Figshare, version 2, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.28805840.v2 \" href=\"https:\/\/link-springer-com.inrae.idm.oclc.org\/article\/10.1186\/s13595-025-01308-4#ref-CR30\" data-track=\"click\" data-track-action=\"reference anchor\" data-track-label=\"link\" data-test=\"citation-ref\" aria-label=\"Reference 2025\">2025<\/a>) The custom code generated during the current study are available in the Figshare repository,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.28805840.v2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.28805840.v2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Handling editor<\/strong><br \/>\nErwin Dreyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key message Leveraging affordable red-green-blue (RGB) imaging and neural network algorithms, this study delivers a high-throughput method to\u00a0quantify seasonal color shifts and genetic variation in Scots pine seedlings. Hue-saturation-brightness (HSB) color analysis, and RGB values can be\u00a0used for population and seasonal differentiation and hold potential for advancing breeding programs in forestry under changing climatic conditions. 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