Citrus black spot (CBS) is a fungal disease caused by Phyllosticta citricarpa that poses a quarantine threat and can restrict market access to fruits. It manifests as lesions on the fruit surface and can result in premature fruit drops, leading to reduced yield. Another significant disease affecting citrus is canker, which is caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (syn. X. axonopodis pv. citri); it causes economic losses for growers due to fruit drops and blemishes. Early detection and management of groves infected with CBS or canker through fruit and leaf inspection can greatly benefit the Florida citrus industry. However, manual inspection and classification of disease symptoms on fruits or leaves are labor-intensive and time-consuming processes. Therefore, there is a need to develop a computer vision system capable of autonomously classifying fruits and leaves, expediting disease management in the groves. This paper aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of convolutional neural network (CNN) generated features and machine learning (ML) classifiers for detecting CBS infected fruits and leaves with canker symptoms. A custom shallow CNN with radial basis function support vector machine (RBF SVM) achieved an overall accuracy of 92.1% for classifying fruits with CBS and four other conditions (greasy spot, melanose, wind scar, and marketable), and a custom Visual Geometry Group 16 (VGG16) with the RBF SVM classified leaves with canker and four other conditions (control, greasy spot, melanoses, and scab) at an overall accuracy of 93%. These preliminary findings demonstrate the potential of utilizing hyperspectral imaging (HSI) systems for automated classification of citrus fruit and leaf diseases using shallow and deep CNN-generated features, along with ML classifiers.
Citrus black spot (CBS) is a quarantine fungal disease caused by Phyllosticta citricarpa that can limit market access for fruit. It causes lesions on fruit surfaces and may lead to premature fruit drops, reducing yield. Leaf symptoms are uncommon for CBS, although the fungus reproduces in leaf litter. Similarly, citrus canker is another serious disease caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (syn. X. axonopodis pv. citri) and leads to economic losses for growers from fruit drops and blemishes. Therefore, early detection and management of groves infected by CBS or canker via fruit and/or leaf inspection can benefit the Florida citrus industry. Manual inspection to classify disease symptoms on either fruits or leaves is a tedious and labor intensive process. Hence, there is need to develop computer vision system for autonomous classification of fruits and leaves that can speed up their management in fields. In this paper, we demonstrate the capability of convolution neural network (CNN)-based deep learning along with classical machine learning (ML) based computer vision algorithms to classify ‘Valencia’ orange fruit surfaces with CBS infection along with four other conditions and ‘Furr’ mandarin leaves with canker and four other conditions. Fruits with CBS and four other conditions (marketable, greasy spot, melanose and wind scar) were classified using a custom shallow CNN with SoftMax and RBF SVM at an overall accuracy of 89.8% and 92.1%, respectively. Similarly, a custom VGG16 network with SoftMax could classify canker leaves with F1-score of 85% and overall accuracy of 82% including other four conditions (control/healthy, greasy spot, melanose and scab). In addition, it was found that by replacing SoftMax with RBF SVM in the VGG16 network, the overall classification accuracy improved to 93% i.e., an increment of 11% points (13.41%). The preliminary findings reported in this paper demonstrate the capability of HSI system for automated citrus fruit and leaf disease classification using shallow and deep CNN generated features and ML classifiers.
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