Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches for Guava Disease Detection

Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches for Guava Disease Detection

연구 분야: Artificial Intelligence

학회: SN Computer Science

A larger proportion of crops face disease outbreaks, making agricultural output difficult. Detecting and predicting diseases at an early stage can enhance productivity. Guava, a tropical and subtropical fruit, is cultivated in various countries. In regions such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and South America, guava cultivation faces significant challenges due to diseases like Canker, Dot, Mummification, Phytophthora, Scab, and Styler and Root. Traditional diagnosis methods based on visual observation are often unreliable and time-consuming. To address this, we developed an automated system leveraging deep learning techniques. Our study utilized a dataset comprising 4046 guava leaf images categorized into these seven disease classes. We compared the performance of traditional methods with deep learning approaches using vision transformers and transfer learning. The results demonstrate the superiority of deep learning methods over traditional approaches, where traditional machine learning model SVM gave accuracy near 78% and deep learning methods gave over 90%. The transfer learning method gave an accuracy of nearly 97% and on the other hand, the vision transformer gave accuracy of 98%. This offers a promising solution for early disease detection in guava crops.