YOLOv5 Revisited: A Lightweight yet Accurate Framework for Plant Disease Detection in Agricultural Applications
摘要
Plant diseases severely impact crop quality and yield, necessitating early and precise detection to minimize economic losses and prevent outbreaks. This research introduces a framework for disease identification and classification in fruit and vegetables, leveraging the advanced You Only Look Once-V5 (YOLO-V5) object detection network. The framework utilizes the enhanced PlantVillage dataset, which has undergone class alignment, data augmentation, and meticulous annotation to improve model accuracy and generalization. Five YOLO-V5 variations: n, s, m, l, and x were evaluated, with YOLO-V5x demonstrating the best performance. It achieved 98.5% precision, 96.4% recall, 97.6% F1-score, and 88.1% mean average precision (mAP) (0.5–0.95 IoU). These results confirm YOLO-V5x’s effectiveness for reliable leaf disease detection in agricultural settings.