AI-Powered Smart Farming for Accurate Detection of Multiple Leaf Diseases Using CNN and ResNet50

Plant diseases pose a significant threat to agriculture by rapidly spreading across crops, reducing yields, diminishing food quality, and causing substantial financial losses for farmers.Traditional disease detection methods rely heavily on manual visual inspection by agricultural experts-a process that is often time-consuming, labor-intensive, and susceptible to human error.These limitations become even more pronounced in large-scale farming operations, where timely and accurate disease identification is critical.To address these challenges, this study introduces an advanced deep learning-based solution utilizing Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) integrated with the ResNet50 architecture for the accurate classification and identification of multiple plant diseases.ResNet50's residual learning framework effectively mitigates the vanishing gradient problem, allowing for deeper model training and improved feature extraction.Trained on a comprehensive dataset of healthy and diseased plant leaf images, the model learns to detect subtle variations in texture, color, and pattern associated with various plant conditions.To enhance accessibility, a user-friendly web application built with Flask is developed, enabling real-time disease diagnosis through a simple image upload interface.This tool empowers farmers and agricultural professionals to receive instant insights into plant health, supporting more informed decision-making and proactive disease management.This work highlights the transformative potential of AI-driven solutions in precision agriculture, offering scalable, efficient, and sustainable methods for early disease detection and crop management.