Plant Disease Classification

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Plant disease classification studies how to identify diseases from leaf, canopy, and other crop images, helping growers detect problems and guide treatment. Common approaches include convolutional neural networks, vision transformers, ensembles, and vision-language models, with transfer learning, few-shot learning, and semi-supervised methods used when labeled examples are scarce. Lightweight models, distillation, and quantization target mobile and edge devices, while attention maps, segmentation, and multimodal sensing can help explain or ground predictions. A central challenge is that strong results on controlled datasets often do not transfer to varied field conditions, where differences in lighting, crops, labels, and data collection can undermine accuracy and reliability.

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  1. NEEDL-Bench: Dataset for Swiss Needle Cast and Stomata Detection in Microscopy Images

    Jul 13, 2026Benjamin Blake, Declan McIntosh, Jürgen Ehlting +3Plant Disease ClassificationSmall Object Detection

    Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Victoria Victoria, Canada

  2. Pixel-Precise Explainable Stress Indexing: A Semantic Segmentation Framework for Disease Severity Quantification in Field Crops

    Jul 5, 2026Raunak Kumar, Soumyashree KarAgricultural Image AnalysisImage Segmentation

    Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  3. Cross-Architectural Mixture-of-Experts with Adaptive Soft Routing for Plant Leaf Disease Classification

    Jun 22, 2026Phi-Hung Hoang, Thi-Thu-Hong PhanPlant Disease ClassificationMixture-of-Experts Models

    AIT laboratory, Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, FPT University, Da Nang, 550000, Viet Nam

  4. Few-Shot Hyperspectral Aphid Detection via FastGAN Synthetic Data Generation, Transformer-Based Classification and Explainable AI

    Jun 19, 2026Ali SaeidanAgricultural Image AnalysisSynthetic Data Augmentation

    Lancaster Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YG, United Kingdom

  5. Enhancing Precision Agriculture with a Hybrid Deep Learning Framework for Multi-Class Plant Disease Classification and Interpretability

    Jun 13, 2026Hasibul Islam Sufi, Ridam Roy, Shayla Alam Setu +1Plant Disease ClassificationHybrid CNN-Transformer Architectures

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Daffodil International University, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh

  6. An Ensemble Deep Learning Approach for Reliable and Scalable Lemon Leaf Disease Classification

    Jun 12, 2026Shayan Abrar, Sudeepta Mandal, Abdul Awal Yasir +4Plant Disease ClassificationExplainable Image Classification

    Dept. of CSE American International University-Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh · Dept. of CSE East West University Dhaka, Bangladesh · Dept. of CSE North South University Dhaka, Bangladesh

  7. CottonLeafVision: An Explainable and Robust Deep Learning Framework for Cotton Leaf Disease Classification

    Jun 12, 2026Rafi Ahamed, Md. Abir Rahman, Tasnia Tarannum Roza +3Plant Disease ClassificationExplainable Image Classification

    Dept. of CSE East West University Dhaka, Bangladesh

  8. AgriMind: An Ensemble Deep Learning Framework for Multi-Class Plant Disease Classification

    May 15, 2026Salma Hoque Talukdar Koli, Fahima Haque Talukder JelyPlant Disease ClassificationEnsemble Learning

    RTM Al-Kabir Technical University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh · North East University Bangladesh, Sylhet, Bangladesh

  9. SAGE: Scalable Agentic Grounded Evaluation for Crop Disease Diagnosis

    May 10, 2026Muhammad Arbab Arshad, Tirtho Roy, Yanben Shen +7VLM EvaluationAgricultural Image Analysis

    Iowa State University, USA · New York University, USA

  10. TinyBayes: Closed-Form Bayesian Inference via Jacobi Prior for Real-Time Image Classification on Edge Devices

    May 7, 2026Shouvik Sardar, Sourish DasPlant Disease ClassificationEdge Inference

    Data Science Group Chennai Mathematical Institute

  11. AgriKD: Cross-Architecture Knowledge Distillation for Efficient Leaf Disease Classification

    May 2, 2026Minh-Dung Le, Minh-Duc Hoang, Hoang-Vu Truong +1Efficient Neural Network InferencePlant Disease Classification

    AIT laboratory, Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, FPT University, Da Nang, 550000, Viet Nam

  12. Developing a Strong Pre-Trained Base Model for Plant Leaf Disease Classification

    May 2, 2026David J. RichterPlant Disease ClassificationTransfer Learning

    Department of Artificial Intelligence Convergence Graduate School, Chonnam National University

  13. GourNet: A CNN-Based Model for Mango Leaf Disease Detection

    Apr 30, 2026Ekram Alam, Jaydip Sanyal, Akhil Kumar Das +2Plant Disease Classification

    Gour Mahavidyalaya, Malda, India · University of Gour Banga, Malda, India

  14. Energy-Efficient Plant Monitoring via Knowledge Distillation

    Apr 29, 2026Ilyass Moummad, Reda Bensaid, Kawtar Zaher +5Plant Disease ClassificationEnergy-Efficient ML

    LIRMM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Inria, Montpellier, France · IMT Atlantique, Brest, France. Polytechnique Montréal, Canada · Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, Paris, France +2

  15. A Light Weight Multi-Features-View Convolution Neural Network For Plant Disease Identification

    Apr 28, 2026Muhammad Kaleem Ullah KhanEfficient Neural Network InferencePlant Disease Classification

    COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan

  16. Performance and Energy Trade-Off Analysis of Hierarchical Federated Learning for Plant Disease Classification

    Apr 28, 2026Athanasios Papanikolaou, Athanasios Tziouvaras, Pavlos Stoikos +6Hierarchical Federated LearningPlant Disease Classification

    University of Zagreb, Croatia · University of Thessaly, Greece · University of Glasgow, UK +2

  17. Thinking Like a Botanist: Challenging Multimodal Language Models with Intent-Driven Chain-of-Inquiry

    Apr 22, 2026Syed Nazmus Sakib, Nafiul Haque, Shahrear Bin Amin +4Visual Question AnsweringPlant Disease Classification

    Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh · Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh · Department of Agronomy, Gazipur Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh +1

  18. Evaluating Histogram Matching for Robust Deep learning-Based Grapevine Disease Detection

    Apr 21, 2026Ruben Pascual, Inés Hernández, Salvador Gutiérrez +4Distribution Shift RobustnessImage Enhancement

    Institute of Smart Cities (ISC), Dept. of Statistics, Computer Science and Mathematics, Public Univ. of Navarre (UPNA), 31006 Pamplona, Spain · Institute of Grapevine and Wine Sciences (Univ. of La Rioja, CSIC, Govt. of La Rioja), 26007, Logroño, Spain and Televitis Research Group, Univ. of La Rioja, 26006, Logroño, Spain · Dept. of Computer Science and AI, Univ. of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain +1

  19. A Resource-Efficient Hybrid CNN-LSTM network for image-based bean leaf disease classification

    Apr 15, 2026Hye Jin Rhee, Joseph Damilola AkinyemiPlant Disease ClassificationLightweight CNNs

    University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

  20. A Compact and Efficient 1.251 Million Parameter Machine Learning CNN Model PD36-C for Plant Disease Detection: A Case Study

    Apr 13, 2026Shkelqim SherifiPlant Disease ClassificationLightweight CNNs

    Computer Science Independent Researcher Tetove, R.N.Macedonia

  21. AgriChain Visually Grounded Expert Verified Reasoning for Interpretable Agricultural Vision Language Models

    Apr 9, 2026Hazza Mahmood, Yongqiang Yu, Rao AnwerCoT SupervisionPlant Disease Classification

    Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  22. TeaLeafVision: An Explainable and Robust Deep Learning Framework for Tea Leaf Disease Classification

    Apr 8, 2026Rafi Ahamed, Sidratul Moon Nafsin, Md Abir Rahman +3Plant Disease ClassificationConvolutional Neural Networks

    Dept. of CSE, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh · Dept. of BBA, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  23. DenseSwinV2: Channel Attentive Dual Branch CNN Transformer Learning for Cassava Leaf Disease Classification

    Mar 26, 2026Shah Saood, Saddam Hussain KhanPlant Disease ClassificationHybrid CNN-Transformer Architectures

    Artificial Intelligence Lab, Department of Computer Systems Engineering, University of Engineering and Applied Sciences · Artificial Intelligence Lab, Department of Computer Systems Engineering, University of Engineering and Applied Sciences (UEAS), Swat 19060, Pakistan · Interdisciplinary Research Center for Smart Mobility and Logistics +1

  24. Improving Fine-Grained Rice Leaf Disease Detection via Angular-Compactness Dual Loss Learning

    Mar 26, 2026Md. Rokon Mia, Rakib Hossain Sajib, Abdullah Al Noman +2Plant Disease ClassificationFine-Grained Image Classification

    1,2Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Rangpur, Bangladesh · 3Wilmington University, New Castle, Delaware, United States · 4Washington University of Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia, United States +1

  25. Active Robotic Perception for Disease Detection and Mapping in Apple Trees

    Mar 24, 2026Hayden Feddock, Francisco Yandun, Srđan Aćimović +1Robotic InspectionActive Perception

    H. Feddock, F. Yandun, and A. Silwal are with the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA · S. Aćimović is with the Department of Plant Pathology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

  26. Tiny-ViT: A Compact Vision Transformer for Efficient and Explainable Potato Leaf Disease Classification

    Mar 23, 2026Shakil Mia, Umme Habiba, Urmi Akter +4Plant Disease ClassificationEfficient ViTs

    Dept. of CSE, Daffodil International University Dhaka, Bangladesh · Dept. of EEE, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh · Dept. of Horticulture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh +3

  27. AgriChat: A Multimodal Large Language Model for Agriculture Image Understanding

    Mar 14, 2026Abderrahmene Boudiaf, Irfan Hussain, Sajid JavedAgricultural Image AnalysisVision-Language Models

    Department of Computer Science, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  28. AgriPath: A Systematic Exploration of Architectural Trade-offs for Crop Disease Classification

    Mar 8, 2026Hamza Mooraj, George Pantazopoulos, Alessandro SugliaContrastive Learning for VLMsPlant Disease Classification

    School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences Heriot-Watt University · Institute for Language, Cognition and Computation, School of Informatics University of Edinburgh

  29. XMACNet: An Explainable Lightweight Attention based CNN with Multi Modal Fusion for Chili Disease Classification

    Mar 6, 2026Tapon Kumer Ray, Rajkumar Y, Shalini R +3Plant Disease ClassificationLightweight CNNs

    Student, Vellore Institute of Technology, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India. · Assistant Professor, Vellore Institute of Technology, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India. · Student, Angel College of Engineering and Technology, Tiruppur, Tamilnadu, India +2

  30. XAI and Few-shot-based Hybrid Classification Model for Plant Leaf Disease Prognosis

    Mar 3, 2026Diana Susan Joseph, Pranav M Pawar, Raja Muthalagu +1Plant Disease ClassificationFew-Shot Image Classification

    Department of Computer Science Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Dubai Campus, Dubai, UAE