Application of Unsupervised Learning in the Early Detection of Late Blight in Potato Crops Using Image Processing

Authors

  • Juana-Valentina García-Ariza Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. Sogamoso (Colombia)
  • Marco-Javier Suarez-Barón Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. Sogamoso (Colombia)
  • Edmundo-Arturo Junco-Orduz Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. Sogamoso (Colombia)
  • Juan-Sebastián González-Sanabria Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. Tunja (Colombia)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17981/ingecuc.18.2.2022.07

Keywords:

machine learning, unsupervised learning, K-Means, hierarchical, clustering, late blight

Abstract

Introduction. Automatic detection can be useful in the search of large crop fields by simply detecting the disease with the symptoms appearing on the leaf.

Objective: This paper presents the application of machine learning techniques aimed at detecting late blight disease using unsupervised learning methods such as K-Means and hierarchical clustering.

Method: The methodology used is composed by the following phases: acquisition of the dataset, image processing, feature extraction, feature selection, implementation of the learning model, performance measurement of the algorithm, finally a 68.24% hit rate was obtained being this the best result of the unsupervised learning algorithms implemented, using 3 clusters for clustering.

Results: According to the results obtained, the performance of the K-Means algorithm can be evaluated, i.e. 202 hits and 116 misses.

Conclusions: Unsupervised learning algorithms are very efficient when processing a large amount of data, in this case a large amount of images without the need for predefined labels, its use to solve local problems such as late blight affectations in potato crops are novel,

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Published

2022-09-20

How to Cite

García-Ariza, J.-V. ., Suarez-Barón , M.-J. ., Junco-Orduz , E.-A., & González-Sanabria , J.-S. . (2022). Application of Unsupervised Learning in the Early Detection of Late Blight in Potato Crops Using Image Processing. INGE CUC, 18(2), 89–100. https://doi.org/10.17981/ingecuc.18.2.2022.07

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