ant Disease Detection and Classification Using a Deep Learning-Based Framework

Abstract

Plant diseases pose a significant threat to agriculture, causing substantial yield losses and economic damages worldwide. Traditional methods for detecting plant diseases are often time-consuming and require expert knowledge. In recent years, deep learning-based approaches have demonstrated great potential in the detection and classification of plant diseases. In this paper, we propose a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based framework for identifying 15 categories of plant leaf diseases, focusing on Tomato, Potato, and Bell pepper as the target plants. For our experiments, we utilized the publicly available PlantVillage dataset. The choice of a CNN for this task is justified by its recognition as one of the most popular and effective deep learning methods, especially for processing spatial data like images of plant leaves. We evaluated the performance of our model using various performance metrics, including accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score. Our findings indicate that our approach outperforms state-of-the-art techniques, yielding encouraging results in terms of disease identification accuracy and classification precision.