Enhancing multiclass plant disease classification using GAN-boosted vision transformer with XAI insights

The obtained experimental results exhibit that the proposed GRG-ViT model reaches close to an overall accuracy of 96%, which outperforms conventional approaches. The incorporation of XAI methods like Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping (Grad-CAM) provides both interpretability and transparency by emphasizing the regions impacting the model's actions. This research showcases the blended power of ViT, GenAI, and XAI in producing reliable and high-performing results for rice disease detection in precision agriculture.

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Frontiers in Plant Science
Published
2026-01-09
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1649399
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Smart Agriculture and AI
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Enhancing multiclass plant disease classification using GAN-boosted vision transformer with XAI insights

Kavitha B. R., Felicita S. A. M.
Frontiers in Plant Science
Smart Agriculture and AI
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Enhancing multiclass plant disease classification using GAN-boosted vision transformer with XAI insights

Kavitha B. R., Felicita S. A. M.
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Abstract

The obtained experimental results exhibit that the proposed GRG-ViT model reaches close to an overall accuracy of 96%, which outperforms conventional approaches. The incorporation of XAI methods like Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping (Grad-CAM) provides both interpretability and transparency by emphasizing the regions impacting the model's actions. This research showcases the blended power of ViT, GenAI, and XAI in producing reliable and high-performing results for rice disease detection in precision agriculture.

Frontiers in Plant ScienceVol. 16
Vellore Institute of Technology University (IN)
Zero hunger
Openalex Percentile: Top 92%
Smart Agriculture and AI
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