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Harnessing the Power of Transfer Learning in Sunflower Disease Detection: A Comparative Study

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  • Yonis Gulzar

    (Department of Management Information Systems, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia)

  • Zeynep Ünal

    (Department of Biosystem Engineering, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Central Campus, Niğde 51240, Türkiye)

  • Hakan Aktaş

    (Department of Computer Engineering, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Central Campus, Niğde 51240, Türkiye)

  • Mohammad Shuaib Mir

    (Department of Management Information Systems, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

Sunflower is an important crop that is susceptible to various diseases, which can significantly impact crop yield and quality. Early and accurate detection of these diseases is crucial for implementing appropriate management strategies. In recent years, deep learning techniques have shown promising results in the field of disease classification using image data. This study presents a comparative analysis of different deep-learning models for the classification of sunflower diseases. five widely used deep learning models, namely AlexNet, VGG16, InceptionV3, MobileNetV3, and EfficientNet were trained and evaluated using a dataset of sunflower disease images. The performance of each model was measured in terms of precision, recall, F1-score, and accuracy. The experimental results demonstrated that all the deep learning models achieved high precision, recall, F1-score, and accuracy values for sunflower disease classification. Among the models, EfficientNetB3 exhibited the highest precision, recall, F1-score, and accuracy of 0.979. whereas the other models, ALexNet, VGG16, InceptionV3 and MobileNetV3 achieved 0.865, 0.965, 0.954 and 0.969 accuracy respectively. Based on the comparative analysis, it can be concluded that deep learning models are effective for the classification of sunflower diseases. The results highlight the potential of deep learning in early disease detection and classification, which can assist farmers and agronomists in implementing timely disease management strategies. Furthermore, the findings suggest that models like MobileNetV3 and EfficientNetB3 could be preferred choices due to their high performance and relatively fewer training epochs.

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  • Yonis Gulzar & Zeynep Ünal & Hakan Aktaş & Mohammad Shuaib Mir, 2023. "Harnessing the Power of Transfer Learning in Sunflower Disease Detection: A Comparative Study," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-17, July.
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