Plant diseases pose a significant challenge to global agricultural productivity,necessitating efficient and precise diagnostic systems for early intervention and mitigation.In this study,we propose a novel hybrid fram...Plant diseases pose a significant challenge to global agricultural productivity,necessitating efficient and precise diagnostic systems for early intervention and mitigation.In this study,we propose a novel hybrid framework that integrates EfficientNet-B8,Vision Transformer(ViT),and Knowledge Graph Fusion(KGF)to enhance plant disease classification across 38 distinct disease categories.The proposed framework leverages deep learning and semantic enrichment to improve classification accuracy and interpretability.EfficientNet-B8,a convolutional neural network(CNN)with optimized depth and width scaling,captures fine-grained spatial details in high-resolution plant images,aiding in the detection of subtle disease symptoms.In parallel,ViT,a transformer-based architecture,effectively models long-range dependencies and global structural patterns within the images,ensuring robust disease pattern recognition.Furthermore,KGF incorporates domain-specific metadata,such as crop type,environmental conditions,and disease relationships,to provide contextual intelligence and improve classification accuracy.The proposed model was rigorously evaluated on a large-scale dataset containing diverse plant disease images,achieving outstanding performance with a 99.7%training accuracy and 99.3%testing accuracy.The precision and F1-score were consistently high across all disease classes,demonstrating the framework’s ability to minimize false positives and false negatives.Compared to conventional deep learning approaches,this hybrid method offers a more comprehensive and interpretable solution by integrating self-attention mechanisms and domain knowledge.Beyond its superior classification performance,this model opens avenues for optimizing metadata dependency and reducing computational complexity,making it more feasible for real-world deployment in resource-constrained agricultural settings.The proposed framework represents an advancement in precision agriculture,providing scalable,intelligent disease diagnosis that enhances crop protection and food security.展开更多
文摘Plant diseases pose a significant challenge to global agricultural productivity,necessitating efficient and precise diagnostic systems for early intervention and mitigation.In this study,we propose a novel hybrid framework that integrates EfficientNet-B8,Vision Transformer(ViT),and Knowledge Graph Fusion(KGF)to enhance plant disease classification across 38 distinct disease categories.The proposed framework leverages deep learning and semantic enrichment to improve classification accuracy and interpretability.EfficientNet-B8,a convolutional neural network(CNN)with optimized depth and width scaling,captures fine-grained spatial details in high-resolution plant images,aiding in the detection of subtle disease symptoms.In parallel,ViT,a transformer-based architecture,effectively models long-range dependencies and global structural patterns within the images,ensuring robust disease pattern recognition.Furthermore,KGF incorporates domain-specific metadata,such as crop type,environmental conditions,and disease relationships,to provide contextual intelligence and improve classification accuracy.The proposed model was rigorously evaluated on a large-scale dataset containing diverse plant disease images,achieving outstanding performance with a 99.7%training accuracy and 99.3%testing accuracy.The precision and F1-score were consistently high across all disease classes,demonstrating the framework’s ability to minimize false positives and false negatives.Compared to conventional deep learning approaches,this hybrid method offers a more comprehensive and interpretable solution by integrating self-attention mechanisms and domain knowledge.Beyond its superior classification performance,this model opens avenues for optimizing metadata dependency and reducing computational complexity,making it more feasible for real-world deployment in resource-constrained agricultural settings.The proposed framework represents an advancement in precision agriculture,providing scalable,intelligent disease diagnosis that enhances crop protection and food security.