Detection of a potato disease (early blight) using artificial intelligence

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creativework.keywords - en
Image processing
Computer vision
creativework.keywords - fr
Traitement d'images
Vision par ordinateur
dc.contributor.author
Afzaal, Hassan
Farooque, Aitazaz A.
Schumann, Arnold W.
Hussain, Nazar
McKenzie-Gopsill, Andrew
Esau, Travis
Abbas, Farhat
Acharya, Bishnu
dc.date.accepted
2021-01-20
dc.date.accessioned
2024-01-08T14:37:42Z
dc.date.available
2024-01-08T14:37:42Z
dc.date.issued
2021-01-25
dc.date.submitted
2021-01-01
dc.description.abstract - en
This study evaluated the potential of using machine vision in combination with deep learning (DL) to identify the early blight disease in real-time for potato production systems. Four fields were selected to collect images (n = 5199) of healthy and diseased potato plants under variable lights and shadow effects. A database was constructed using DL to identify the disease infestation at different stages throughout the growing season. Three convolutional neural networks (CNNs), namely GoogleNet, VGGNet, and EfficientNet, were trained using the PyTorch framework. The disease images were classified into three classes (2-class, 4-class, and 6-class) for accurate disease identification at different growth stages. Results of 2-class CNNs for disease identification revealed the significantly better performance of EfficientNet and VGGNet when compared with the GoogleNet (FScore range: 0.84–0.98). Results of 4-Class CNNs indicated better performance of EfficientNet when compared with other CNNs (FScore range: 0.79–0.94). Results of 6-class CNNs showed similar results as 4-class, with EfficientNet performing the best. GoogleNet, VGGNet, and EfficientNet inference time values ranged from 6.8–8.3, 2.1–2.5, 5.95–6.53 frames per second, respectively, on a Dell Latitude 5580 using graphical processing unit (GPU) mode. Overall, the CNNs and DL frameworks used in this study accurately classified the early blight disease at different stages. Site-specific application of fungicides by accurately identifying the early blight infected plants has a strong potential to reduce agrochemicals use, improve the profitability of potato growers, and lower environmental risks (runoff of fungicides to water bodies).
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Afzaal, H., Farooque, A. A., Schumann, A. W., Hussain, N., McKenzie-Gopsill, A., Esau, T., Abbas, F., & Acharya, B. (2021). Detection of a potato disease (early blight) using artificial intelligence. Remote Sensing, 13(3), Article 411. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030411
dc.identifier.doi
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13030411
dc.identifier.issn
2072-4292
dc.identifier.uri
https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/1529
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
MDPI
dc.rights - en
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights - fr
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - en
Gold
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - fr
Or
dc.rights.uri - en
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.uri - fr
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr
dc.subject - en
Agriculture
dc.subject - fr
Agriculture
dc.subject.en - en
Agriculture
dc.subject.fr - fr
Agriculture
dc.title - en
Detection of a potato disease (early blight) using artificial intelligence
dc.type - en
Article
dc.type - fr
Article
local.acceptedmanuscript.articlenum
411
local.article.journalissue
3
local.article.journaltitle
Remote Sensing
local.article.journalvolume
13
local.pagination
1-17
local.peerreview - en
Yes
local.peerreview - fr
Oui
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