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8 June 2020 Detection of Grassy Weeds in Bermudagrass with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
Jialin Yu, Arnold W. Schumann, Shaun M. Sharpe, Xuehan Li, Nathan S. Boyd
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Abstract

Spot spraying POST herbicides is an effective approach to reduce herbicide input and weed control cost. Machine vision detection of grass or grass-like weeds in turfgrass systems is a challenging task due to the similarity in plant morphology. In this work, we explored the feasibility of using image classification with deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN), including AlexNet, GoogLeNet, and VGGNet, for detection of crabgrass species (Digitaria spp.), doveweed [Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan], dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum Poir.), and tropical signalgrass [Urochloa distachya (L.) T.Q. Nguyen] in bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.]. VGGNet generally outperformed AlexNet and GoogLeNet in detecting selected grassy weeds. For detection of P. dilatatum, VGGNet achieved high F1 scores (≥0.97) and recall values (≥0.99). A single VGGNet model exhibited high F1 scores (≥0.93) and recall values (1.00) that reliably detected Digitaria spp., M. nudiflora, P. dilatatum, and U. distachya. Low weed density reduced the recall values of AlexNet at detecting all weed species and GoogLeNet at detecting Digitaria spp. In comparison, VGGNet achieved excellent performances (overall accuracy = 1.00) at detecting all weed species in both high and low weed-density scenarios. These results demonstrate the feasibility of using DCNN for detection of grass or grass-like weeds in turfgrass systems.

© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Weed Science Society of America.
Jialin Yu, Arnold W. Schumann, Shaun M. Sharpe, Xuehan Li, and Nathan S. Boyd "Detection of Grassy Weeds in Bermudagrass with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks," Weed Science 68(5), 545-552, (8 June 2020). https://doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2020.46
Received: 29 March 2020; Accepted: 22 May 2020; Published: 8 June 2020
KEYWORDS
artificial intelligence
computer vision
Machine vision
precision herbicide application
weed recognition
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