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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Sustainable and Intelligent Phytoprotection
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1486929

Application of Deep Learning for Real-Time Detection, Localization, and Counting of the Malignant Invasive Weed Solanum rostratum Dunal

Provisionally accepted
  • Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China

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    Solanum rostratum Dunal (SrD) is a globally harmful invasive weed that has spread widely across many countries, posing a serious threat to agriculture and ecosystem security. A deep learning network model, TrackSolanum, was designed for real-time detection, location, and counting of SrD in the field. The TrackSolanmu network model comprises four modules: detection, tracking, localization, and counting. The detection module uses YOLO_EAND for SrD identification, the tracking module applies DeepSort for multi-target tracking of SrD in consecutive video frames, the localization module determines the position of the SrD through center-of-mass localization, and the counting module counts the plants using a target ID over-the-line invalidation method. The field test results show that for UAV video at a height of 2m, TrackSolanum achieved precision and recall of 0.955 and 0.985, with MOTA and IDF1 scores of 0.861 and 0.972, a counting error rate of 0.849%, and FPS of 13. For UAV video at a height of 3m, the model reached precision and recall of 0.941 and 0.946, MOTA and IDF1 scores of 0.830 and 0.915, a counting error rate of 4.859%, and FPS of 79. Thus the TrackSolanum supports real-time SrD detection, offering crucial technical support for hazard assessment and precise management of SrD.

    Keywords: Invasive plants, Solanum rostratum Dunal, deep learning, Real-time detection, localization, Counting

    Received: 27 Aug 2024; Accepted: 31 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Du, Yang, Yuan and Cheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Hongbo Yuan, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China

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