UAV images and deep-learning algorithms for detecting flavescence doree disease in grapevine orchards

M.A. Musci*, C. Persello, A.M. Lingua

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Abstract

One of the major challenges in precision viticulture in Europe is the detection and mapping of i flavescence dorée/i (FD) grapevine disease to monitor and contain its spread. The lack of effective cures and the need for sustainable preventive measures are nowadays crucial issues. Insecticides and the plants uprooting are commonly employed to withhold disease infection, even if these solutions imply serious economic consequences and a strong environmental impact. The development of a rapid strategy to identify the disease is required to cover large portions of the crop and thus to limit damages in a time-effective way. This paper investigates the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), a cost-effective approach to early detection of diseased areas. We address this task with an object detection deep network, Faster R-CNN, instead of a traditional pixel-wise classifier. This work tests Faster R-CNN performance on this specific application through a comparative analysis with a pixel-wise classification algorithm (Random Forest). To take advantage of the full image resolution, the experimental analysis is performed using the original UAV imagery acquired in real conditions (instead of the derived orthomosaic). The first result of this paper is the definition of a new dataset for FD disease identification by UAV original imagery at the canopy scale. Moreover, we demonstrate the feasibility of applying Faster-R-CNN as a quasi-real-time alternative solution to semantic segmentation. The trained Faster-R-CNN achieved an average precision of 82% on the test set.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationXXIV ISPRS Congress, Commission III 2020
EditorsN. Paparoditis, C. Mallet, F. Lafarge, J. Jiang, A. Shaker, H. Zhang, X. Liang, B. Osmanoglu, U. Soergel, E. Honkavaara, M. Scaioni, J. Zhang, A. Peled, L. Wu, R. Li, M. Yoshimura, K. Di, O. Altan, H.M. Abdulmuttalib, F.S. Faruque
PublisherInternational Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
Pages1483-1489
Number of pages7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Aug 2020
EventXXIVth ISPRS Congress 2020 - Virtual Event, Nice, France
Duration: 4 Jul 202010 Jul 2020
Conference number: 24
http://www.isprs2020-nice.com

Publication series

NameInternational Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives
PublisherCopernicus
NumberB3
Volume43
ISSN (Print)1682-1750

Conference

ConferenceXXIVth ISPRS Congress 2020
Abbreviated titleISPRS 2020
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityNice
Period4/07/2010/07/20
Internet address

Keywords

  • Deep-Learning
  • Faster R-CNN
  • Flavescence dorée grapevine disease
  • Object Detection
  • Precision viticulture
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

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