Computer Vision and Deep Learning-enabled Weed Detection Model for Precision Agriculture

Presently, precision agriculture processes like plant disease, crop yield prediction, species recognition, weed detection, and irrigation can be accom-plished by the use of computer vision (CV) approaches. Weed plays a vital role in influencing crop productivity. The wastage and pollution of farmland's natural atmosphere instigated by full coverage chemical herbicide spraying are increased. Since the proper identification of weeds from crops helps to reduce the usage of herbicide and improve productivity, this study presents a novel computer vision and deep learning based weed detection and classification (CVDL-WDC) model for precision agriculture. The proposed CVDL-WDC technique intends to prop-erly discriminate the plants as well as weeds. The proposed CVDL-WDC techni-que involves two processes namely multiscale Faster RCNN based object detection and optimal extreme learning machine (ELM) based weed classification. The parameters of the ELM model are optimally adjusted by the use of farmland fertility optimization (FFO) algorithm. A comprehensive simulation analysis of the CVDL-WDC technique against benchmark dataset reported the enhanced out-comes over its recent approaches interms of several measures.

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Currently, precision agriculture processes such as plant disease, crop yield prediction, species recognition, weed detection, and irrigation can all be accomplished using computer vision (CV) approaches. Weeds have a significant impact on crop productivity, and the excessive use of chemical herbicides has led to wastage and pollution of farmland. Therefore, this study proposes a novel computer vision and deep learning based weed detection and classification (CVDL-WDC) model for precision agriculture. The CVDL-WDC technique utilizes multiscale Faster RCNN object detection and optimal extreme learning machine (ELM) based weed classification, with the ELM model's parameters optimized using the farmland fertility optimization (FFO) algorithm. Simulation analysis using a benchmark dataset demonstrates the improved outcomes of the CVDL-WDC technique compared to existing approaches across multiple measures.