Plant-disease detection by using computer vision approach

Plant maladies have long been a major concern in agriculture, frequently resulting in substantial yield losses, economic losses, and degraded crop quality. As the global demand for food security and sustainable agricultural practices increases, there is a pressing need for effective and precise dise...

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Main Author: Chang, Man Kien
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2023
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Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6074/
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description Plant maladies have long been a major concern in agriculture, frequently resulting in substantial yield losses, economic losses, and degraded crop quality. As the global demand for food security and sustainable agricultural practices increases, there is a pressing need for effective and precise disease detection mechanisms. Computer vision and deep learning provide promising avenues for the rapid and accurate identification of plant diseases. This study explores the feasibility of utilising pre-trained deep learning models, such as ResNet18, VGG16, AlexNet, and GoogleNet, to detect and classify a wide variety of plant diseases. Using a comprehensive dataset containing images of foliage exhibiting various disease symptoms, these models were trained, refined, and evaluated with extreme care. According to preliminary findings, GoogleNet outperforms its competitors in terms of accuracy and computational efficiency. While apple leaves serve as the study's primary case study, the methodologies and findings have broader implications. It paves the way for the development of real-time disease detection systems on the field, which could revolutionise the agricultural industry. Such systems could endow farmers around the world with the means to make informed decisions, optimize crop health, and ultimately increase food production.
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spelling utar-60742024-01-01T12:08:19Z Plant-disease detection by using computer vision approach Chang, Man Kien SB Plant culture TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Plant maladies have long been a major concern in agriculture, frequently resulting in substantial yield losses, economic losses, and degraded crop quality. As the global demand for food security and sustainable agricultural practices increases, there is a pressing need for effective and precise disease detection mechanisms. Computer vision and deep learning provide promising avenues for the rapid and accurate identification of plant diseases. This study explores the feasibility of utilising pre-trained deep learning models, such as ResNet18, VGG16, AlexNet, and GoogleNet, to detect and classify a wide variety of plant diseases. Using a comprehensive dataset containing images of foliage exhibiting various disease symptoms, these models were trained, refined, and evaluated with extreme care. According to preliminary findings, GoogleNet outperforms its competitors in terms of accuracy and computational efficiency. While apple leaves serve as the study's primary case study, the methodologies and findings have broader implications. It paves the way for the development of real-time disease detection systems on the field, which could revolutionise the agricultural industry. Such systems could endow farmers around the world with the means to make informed decisions, optimize crop health, and ultimately increase food production. 2023-05 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6074/1/Chang_Man_Kien_1903361.pdf Chang, Man Kien (2023) Plant-disease detection by using computer vision approach. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6074/
spellingShingle SB Plant culture
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Chang, Man Kien
Plant-disease detection by using computer vision approach
title Plant-disease detection by using computer vision approach
title_full Plant-disease detection by using computer vision approach
title_fullStr Plant-disease detection by using computer vision approach
title_full_unstemmed Plant-disease detection by using computer vision approach
title_short Plant-disease detection by using computer vision approach
title_sort plant-disease detection by using computer vision approach
topic SB Plant culture
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6074/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6074/1/Chang_Man_Kien_1903361.pdf