A Hybrid CNN Architecture for Efficient Detection of Maize Plant Diseases
摘要
This research presents a novel deep-learning architecture intended to classify corn leaf diseases with high accuracy and reliability. Our model integrates advanced techniques such as Depthwise Separable Convolutions (DSC), Squeeze-and-Excitation (SE) Blocks, and Residual Connections (RC) to capture intricate patterns and enhance feature extraction effectively. The dataset used comprises 4 distinct categories: Common Rust, Blight, Gray Leaf Spot, and Healthy, with a total of 4,188 images sourced from the PlantVillage and PlantDoc datasets. The obtained results present the accuracy of the proposed method. The model reached a validation accuracy of 88.31% and a test accuracy of 87.35%. The proposed architecture shows superior performance metrics results by achieving a precision (0.87), recall (0.87), and an F1-score (0.87). Specifically, the model exhibited high precision and recall for the Common Rust and Healthy categories, achieving F1-scores of 0.94 and 0.97. The results emphasize the potential of our approach in precisely diagnosing leaf diseases which is crucial for timely and effective agricultural management.