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Journal of Oil Palm Research Vol. 35 (2) June 2023, p. 376-384

CROSS-VALIDATION AND RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSES FOR OIL PALM LEAF METABOLOME DATASET

NUR AIN ISHAK1; NOOR IDAYU TAHIR1; NURUL LIYANA ROZALI1; ZAIN NURAZAH1; NUR RAIHAN ABD RAHIM2; ABRIZAH OTHMAN1 and UMI SALAMAH RAMLI1*

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21894/jopr.2022.0046
Received: 3 February 2022   Accepted: 17 June 2022   Published Online: 8 August 2022
ABSTRACT

The advancement of systems biology research has emphasized the capabilities of statistical analysis tools in distinguishing many factors associated with oil palm including genetic vs. environment (GxE) components from omics data. The availability of an efficient and robust ecometabolomics workflow has a high potential in augmenting oil palm precision agriculture. In this study, we employed cross-validation (CV) and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) methodologies to evaluate the performance of an oil palm metabolome dataset linked to GxE factors for its predictive ability and integrity. The specificity and sensitivity of identified metabolite candidates contributing to the demarcation of the two oil palm groups in the dataset were found to be distinctive and were of discrimination quality. The dataset showed no overfitting and exhibited excellent predictive power. This work provides fundamental information and a guideline for universal metabolome data exploration toward oil palm phenotyping and precision agriculture.

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1 Malaysian Palm Oil Board,
6 Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi,
43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.

2 Faculty of Arts and Science,
International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW),
City Campus, Ground Floor,
Block A, Administration Wing, Jalan Tun Ismail,
50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

* Corresponding author e-mail: umi@mpob.gov.my