AI-Driven Crop Detection and Plant Disease Prediction

Author: Vismay D Shah, Dr. Darshanaben D. Pandya,Trushar Patel, Chetan R. Dudhagara

Published Online: July 1, 2026

DOI: http://doi.org/10.63766/spujstmr.26.000072

Abstract

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Crop disease identification is still a big problem in agriculture, which results in large yield losses and food lacks, especially in regions dependent on manual monitoring. Traditional methods of identifying plant diseases are often labor intensive, error-prone, and ineffective in early-stage diagnosis. To overcome these limitations, this study proposes a hybrid machine learning model for accurate crop type identification, disease classification, and severity prediction using image data. The methodology utilizes the PlantVillage dataset, encompassing over 50,000 annotated leaf images across 14 crops. After rigorous preprocessing involving image resizing, normalization, and cleaning, Improved Deep Joint Segmentation is applied to localize disease-affected regions. Feature extraction incorporates color, texture (GLCM, LBP), and shape attributes to enhance classification accuracy. A hybrid approach integrating XGBoost for feature selection and Support Vector Machine (SVM) for classification is proposed to capture both overarching trends and intricate details. Experimental results across four major crops—potato, tomato, corn, and grape—demonstrate superior performance, with the hybrid model achieving 98.6% accuracy, 98.3% precision, 99.0% recall, and 99.1% F1-score. The model outperforms existing approaches, offering a robust, scalable, and accurate solution for early crop disease detection in precision agriculture.

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Keywords: Crop disease detection, Hybrid machine learning, Image segmentation, XGBoost, Support Vector Machine (SVM),PlantVillagedataset.

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