SCA-MobiPlant: smartphone-deployed multistage attention fusion model for accurate field detection of chili leaf curl complex.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Field-scale assessment of chili leaf curl complex presents a significant diagnostic challenge, as both chili leaf curl virus (ChiLCV) and mite infestations produce visually overlapping symptoms difficult to distinguish by untrained personnel. This diagnostic confusion frequently leads to inappropriate application of either insecticides or acaricides, resulting in economic losses and environmental concerns. To address this issue, we propose SCA-MobiPlant, an improved MobileNetV3-Small model integrated with a novel multistage Squeeze-and-Excitation Coordinate Attention (SCA) fusion mechanism, designed for accurate differentiation of these apparently similar symptoms and precise field assessment of the disease.

Results

The proposed model effectively focuses on subtle

SUBMITTER: Paul S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12557887 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature