Research Progress on Crop Diseases Identification Based on Convolutional Neural Network

doi:10.13304/j.nykjdb.2023.0785

Abstract

Abstract:

Crop diseases are major threats for agricultural production， so timely and accurate identification of disease is important for the development of control measures to ensure food security. With the rapid development of deep learning， convolutional neural networks are used more and more to identify crop diseases. This paper compared the advantages and disadvantages of convolutional neural network disease recognition methods from 3 aspects including disease recognition based on different data sets， disease recognition using transfer learning and pre-training， and lightweight of the disease recognition model. It also analyzed the shortcomings of the current methods and put forward the future development trend. It was pointed out that more abundant data sets should be constructed， multi-modal data should be combined， models should be further optimized， and robots should be used to implement automatic detection. It provided important references for reducing food loss， realizing precision agriculture management， promoting agricultural modernization and sustainable development.

Key words: deep learning, convolutional neural network, cropdiseases, identification

摘要：

农作物病害对农业生产造成重大威胁，及时、准确的病害识别对制定防治措施和保证粮食安全具有重要意义。随着深度学习的迅猛发展，以卷积神经网络为代表的农作物病害识别方法越来越多地被采用。从基于不同数据集的病害识别、使用迁移学习与预训练的病害识别、病害识别模型的轻量化3个方面对卷积神经网络病害识别方法的优劣进行了比较，分析了现有方法存在的不足，并对未来发展趋势进行了展望，指出为实现农作物病害的自动检测，应构建更丰富数据集、结合多模态数据、进一步优化模型、使用机器人等设备。为减少粮食损失、实现精准农业管理、推动农业现代化和可持续发展提供重要的参考。

关键词: 深度学习, 卷积神经网络, 农作物病害, 识别

CLC Number:

S126

Zili CHEN, Wei LIN, Jia HE, Laigang WANG, Guoqing ZHENG, Yilong PENG, Jiadong JIAO, Yan GUO. Research Progress on Crop Diseases Identification Based on Convolutional Neural Network[J]. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 2025, 27(4): 99-109.

陈自立, 林卫, 贺佳, 王来刚, 郑国清, 彭一龙, 焦家东, 郭燕. 基于卷积神经网络的农作物病害识别研究[J]. 中国农业科技导报, 2025, 27(4): 99-109.

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数据集 Data set	作物种类Crop type	图像种类 Image type	图像数量 Number of images	接网址 Wehsite
植物村 PlantVillage	14	38	54 303	https：//github.com/spMohanty/PlantVillage-Dataset
植物文档 PlantDoc	13	17	2 598	https：//github.com/pratikkayal/PlantDoc-Object-Detection-Dataset
水稻叶片病害数据集 Rice Leaf Disease Image Samples	1	4	5 932	https：//link.zhihu.com/？target=https%3A//data.mendeley.com/datasets/fwcj7stb8r/1
IP102	8	102	75 000	https：//github.com/xpwu95/IP102
DiaMOS	1	4	3 505	https：//zenodo.org/record/5557313
巴西阿拉比卡咖啡叶图像数据集 BRACOL	1	4	4 407	https：//data.mendeley.com/datasets/yy2k5y8mxg/1
木薯叶病数据集 Cassava Leaf Disease	1	5	21 397	https：//www.kaggle.com/competitions/cassava-leaf-disease-classification/data
植物病理学2020-FGVC7 Plant Pathology 2020-FGVC7	1	3	3 642	https：//www.kaggle.com/competitions/plant-pathology-2020-fgvc7/data
AI Challenger 2018病虫害分类数据集 AI Challenger 2018 Pest and disease classification data set	10	27	50 000	https：//aistudio.baidu.com/datasetdetail/76075
苹果叶部病理图像 Apple leaf pathology images	1	5	约20 000 About 20 000	https：//aistudio.baidu.com/datasetdetail/11591
小麦病害数据集 Large Wheat Disease Classification Dataset 2020	1	10	12 000（可获取4 500幅） 12 000（4 500 sheets are available）	https：//drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OHKtwD1UrdmhqxrpQEeF_X_pqKotxRGD

数据集 Data set	作物种类Crop type	图像种类 Image type	图像数量 Number of images	接网址 Wehsite
植物村 PlantVillage	14	38	54 303	https：//github.com/spMohanty/PlantVillage-Dataset
植物文档 PlantDoc	13	17	2 598	https：//github.com/pratikkayal/PlantDoc-Object-Detection-Dataset
水稻叶片病害数据集 Rice Leaf Disease Image Samples	1	4	5 932	https：//link.zhihu.com/？target=https%3A//data.mendeley.com/datasets/fwcj7stb8r/1
IP102	8	102	75 000	https：//github.com/xpwu95/IP102
DiaMOS	1	4	3 505	https：//zenodo.org/record/5557313
巴西阿拉比卡咖啡叶图像数据集 BRACOL	1	4	4 407	https：//data.mendeley.com/datasets/yy2k5y8mxg/1
木薯叶病数据集 Cassava Leaf Disease	1	5	21 397	https：//www.kaggle.com/competitions/cassava-leaf-disease-classification/data
植物病理学2020-FGVC7 Plant Pathology 2020-FGVC7	1	3	3 642	https：//www.kaggle.com/competitions/plant-pathology-2020-fgvc7/data
AI Challenger 2018病虫害分类数据集 AI Challenger 2018 Pest and disease classification data set	10	27	50 000	https：//aistudio.baidu.com/datasetdetail/76075
苹果叶部病理图像 Apple leaf pathology images	1	5	约20 000 About 20 000	https：//aistudio.baidu.com/datasetdetail/11591
小麦病害数据集 Large Wheat Disease Classification Dataset 2020	1	10	12 000（可获取4 500幅） 12 000（4 500 sheets are available）	https：//drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OHKtwD1UrdmhqxrpQEeF_X_pqKotxRGD

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