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A Lightweight Algorithm for Recognizing Pear Leaf Diseases in Natural Scenes Based on an Improved YOLOv5 Deep Learning Model

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  • Jianian Li

    (Faculty of Modern Agricultural Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
    Yunnan Provincial Field Scientific Observation and Research Station on Water-Soil-Crop System in Seasonal Arid Region, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
    Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Water Use and Green Production of Characteristic Crops in Universities, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China)

  • Zhengquan Liu

    (Faculty of Modern Agricultural Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China)

  • Dejin Wang

    (Faculty of Modern Agricultural Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
    Yunnan Provincial Field Scientific Observation and Research Station on Water-Soil-Crop System in Seasonal Arid Region, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
    Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Water Use and Green Production of Characteristic Crops in Universities, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China)

Abstract

The precise detection of diseases is crucial for the effective treatment of pear trees and to improve their fruit yield and quality. Currently, recognizing plant diseases in complex backgrounds remains a significant challenge. Therefore, a lightweight CCG-YOLOv5n model was designed to efficiently recognize pear leaf diseases in complex backgrounds. The CCG-YOLOv5n model integrates a CA attention mechanism, CARAFE up-sampling operator, and GSConv into YOLOv5n. It was trained and validated using a self-constructed dataset of pear leaf diseases. The model size and FLOPs are only 3.49 M and 3.8 G, respectively. The mAP@0.5 is 92.4%, and the FPS is up to 129. Compared to other lightweight indicates that the models, the experimental results demonstrate that the CCG-YOLOv5n achieves higher average detection accuracy and faster detection speed with a smaller computation and model size. In addition, the robustness comparison test CCG-YOLOv5n model has strong robustness under various lighting and weather conditions, including frontlight, backlight, sidelight, tree shade, and rain. This study proposed a CCG-YOLOv5n model for accurately detecting pear leaf diseases in complex backgrounds. The model is suitable for use on mobile terminals or devices.

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  • Jianian Li & Zhengquan Liu & Dejin Wang, 2024. "A Lightweight Algorithm for Recognizing Pear Leaf Diseases in Natural Scenes Based on an Improved YOLOv5 Deep Learning Model," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-15, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:14:y:2024:i:2:p:273-:d:1335424
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