Plant Disease Detection for Guava and Mango using YOLO and Faster R-CNN

Traditional methods of plant disease detection are cumbersome and prone to errors that cannot be avoided. Plant disease detection can help prevent crop losses and ensure food security. The system employs state-of-the-art deep learning techniques to automatically detect and classify plant disease in agricultural fields. The proposed system addresses the challenges associated with identifying plant diseases, which often have similar visual characteristics, by using a combination of deep learning and computer vision methods, specifically employing the YOLO (You Only Look Once) and Faster Region-Convolutional Neural Network with a ResNet-152 backbone. The system is trained on a custom dataset where the images were captured in an uncontrolled environment, specifically focusing on two plant leaves, namely Guava and Mango, to achieve high accuracy in identifying diseases in real-world field conditions. The proposed system has the potential to revolutionize plant disease detection and ensure food security.