Forest Representation Learning with Multiscale Contour Feature Learning for Leaf Cultivar Classification Automated plant species identification system could help botanists and layman in identifying plant species rapidly. Deep learning is robust for feature extraction as it is superior in providing deeper information of images. However, deep neural networks based leaf cultivar classification model can not deeply mine the contour features of leaf images. Besides, the deep neural networks are very datahungry due to the large complexity of the models, which means that the modelu0027s performance can decrease significantly when the size of the training data decreases. In this paper, we propose the leaf cultivar classification model based on forest representation learning and multiscale contour feature learning. Firstly, we build the multiscale contour feature learning to extract the contour features of leaf images. Then, the original input features are transformed by the data augmentation method to enhance the ability of feature expression, and the autoencoder by forest performs the data of dimensionality reduction on the features. Finally, we use the improved deep forest algorithm and autoencoder by forest to build forest representation learning for classification. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has higher performance than the original deep forest (gcForest) algorithm and other existing startofart algorithms, and has higher performance and efficiency than other deep learning algorithms.

Using Deep Learning for ImageBased Different Degrees of Ginkgo Leaf Disease Classification Diseases from Ginkgo biloba have brought great losses to medicine and the economy. Therefore, if the degree of disease can be automatically identified in Ginkgo biloba leaves, people will take appropriate measures to avoid losses in advance. Deep learning has made great achievements in plant disease identification and classification. For this paper, the convolution neural network model was used to classify the different degrees of ginkgo leaf disease. This study used the VGGNet16 and Inception V3 models. After preprocessing and training 1322 original images under laboratory conditions and 2408 original images under field conditions, 98.44% accuracy was achieved under laboratory conditions and 92.19% under field conditions with the VGG model. The Inception V3 model achieved 92.3% accuracy under laboratory conditions and 93.2% under field conditions. Thus, the Inception V3 model structure was more suitable for field conditions. To our knowledge, there is very little research on the classification of different degrees of the same plant disease. The success of this study will have a significant impact on the prediction and early prevention of ginkgo leaf blight.