Pepper cutting UGV and disease detection using image processing

Agriculture is the backbone of India. Over 77% of the Indian population depends on agriculture. The crop yield is reduced when the plants are infected by diseases. It disturbs the economical conditions of the farmers which in turn reduces the productivity of the nation. The recognition of the disease in earlier time is a very important factor to prevent serious outbreaks, failing to do which may cause several losses. The proposed system focuses on designing an UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) for the purpose of cutting pepper fruit, disease detection and also providing solution for the disease by sprinkling the required pesticides. The paper discusses the extraction of mainly the pepper plant based on the color recognition techniques and also the methods used for the detection of plant diseases using the images of leaves and providing solution by opting sprinkling mechanism.