Vipul Kumar

This research work aims to present a robust deep learning framework by devising a deep learning-based ensemble method of YOLOv8 and EfficientNet. The suggested model is evaluated on the dataset collected from Kaggle, comprising 10,000 high-definition images of stems, leaves, and cut fruits of banana and papaya. These images are captured under different lighting conditions and thus expanded to 80,000 images. Authors have proposed an ensemble model comprising YoloV8 and EfficientNet as base deep learning models to enhance prediction and classification performance. Here, authors combine the merits of both models, i.e., speed of YoloV8 and the accuracy of EfficientNet, by putting a majority voting method in place. The final forecast is determined by majority voting, and EfficientNet is given higher significance in the situation of a tie owing to its enhanced accuracy. The proposed model presents a robust solution for agricultural disease management and demonstrates significant improvements in the detection of diseases in papaya and banana, opening avenues for its widespread employment in real life.