A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases

Zunaira Zainab; Rabbia Mahum; Emad Abouel Nasr; Mohammad Shehab; Haseeb Hassan; Mohammed El-meligy

doi:10.15832/ankutbd.1635917

A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases

Abstract

Plant disease control is necessary in agriculture since it can result in considerable crop yield losses. To reduce damage, quick diagnosis and categorization of plant leaf diseases is required; unfortunately, this process takes a lot of time and needs human efforts. To deal with these issues, a novel computerized approach for fast observation and categorization is required. There exist methodologies based on Deep Learning (DL) techniques that make use of an easily accessible dataset, namely The Plant Village Dataset. However, they may fail to recognize the diseases on unseen data due to less diverse feature extraction. Therefore, this research proposed a plant disease detector based on Deep Learning model using images of leaves and can identify several plant diseases. First, we perform image preprocessing operations. Second, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) having several convolution and pooling layers is employed and the results are evaluated with existing DL models with varying hyper-parameters. After training, the model is carefully evaluated to validate the findings. We conducted several trials using the proposed model and attained testing accuracy of 97.6%

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Agricultural Biotechnology Diagnostics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zunaira Zainab This is me
Pakistan

Rabbia Mahum ^*
0000-0003-1983-8201
Pakistan

Emad Abouel Nasr This is me
Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Shehab This is me
Jordan

Haseeb Hassan This is me
China

Mohammed El-meligy This is me
Jordan

Publication Date

September 30, 2025

Submission Date

February 8, 2025

Acceptance Date

May 21, 2025

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Year 2025 Volume: 31 Number: 4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.15832/ankutbd.1635917

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APA

Zainab, Z., Mahum, R., Nasr, E. A., Shehab, M., Hassan, H., & El-meligy, M. (2025). A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases. Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 31(4), 981-997. https://doi.org/10.15832/ankutbd.1635917

AMA

1.Zainab Z, Mahum R, Nasr EA, Shehab M, Hassan H, El-meligy M. A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases. J Agr Sci-Tarim Bili. 2025;31(4):981-997. doi:10.15832/ankutbd.1635917

Chicago

Zainab, Zunaira, Rabbia Mahum, Emad Abouel Nasr, Mohammad Shehab, Haseeb Hassan, and Mohammed El-meligy. 2025. “A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases”. Journal of Agricultural Sciences 31 (4): 981-97. https://doi.org/10.15832/ankutbd.1635917.

EndNote

Zainab Z, Mahum R, Nasr EA, Shehab M, Hassan H, El-meligy M (September 1, 2025) A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases. Journal of Agricultural Sciences 31 4 981–997.

IEEE

[1]Z. Zainab, R. Mahum, E. A. Nasr, M. Shehab, H. Hassan, and M. El-meligy, “A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases”, J Agr Sci-Tarim Bili, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 981–997, Sept. 2025, doi: 10.15832/ankutbd.1635917.

ISNAD

Zainab, Zunaira - Mahum, Rabbia - Nasr, Emad Abouel - Shehab, Mohammad - Hassan, Haseeb - El-meligy, Mohammed. “A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases”. Journal of Agricultural Sciences 31/4 (September 1, 2025): 981-997. https://doi.org/10.15832/ankutbd.1635917.

JAMA

1.Zainab Z, Mahum R, Nasr EA, Shehab M, Hassan H, El-meligy M. A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases. J Agr Sci-Tarim Bili. 2025;31:981–997.

MLA

Zainab, Zunaira, et al. “A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases”. Journal of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 31, no. 4, Sept. 2025, pp. 981-97, doi:10.15832/ankutbd.1635917.

Vancouver

1.Zunaira Zainab, Rabbia Mahum, Emad Abouel Nasr, Mohammad Shehab, Haseeb Hassan, Mohammed El-meligy. A Transfer Learning-Based Efficient Model for the Detection of Plant Leaf Diseases. J Agr Sci-Tarim Bili. 2025 Sep. 1;31(4):981-97. doi:10.15832/ankutbd.1635917