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RGB and Spectral Root Imaging for Plant Phenotyping and Physiological Research: Experimental Setup and Imaging Protocols

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Explainable artificial-intelligence-based hyperspectral image analysis for leaf disease detection in intercropping

Varun Malik¹, Asma AlJarullah², Tahani Alsubait³

¹Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, India.

Frontiers in Plant Science

|April 17, 2026

Summary

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This study introduces an explainable AI framework for hyperspectral leaf disease analysis in intercropping systems. The method accurately detects subtle diseases in complex crop canopies, enhancing agricultural sustainability.

Keywords:

disease pattern analysis feature selection maize-soybean pea-cucumber precision agriculture spectral-spatial features

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Area of Science:

Agricultural Science
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Intercropping enhances land use efficiency and sustainability.
Automated disease analysis in intercropping is challenging due to overlapping canopies and similar symptoms.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an explainable AI (XAI) framework for hyperspectral leaf disease analysis in intercropping systems.
To accurately identify subtle and overlapping diseases in complex crop combinations.

Main Methods:

Utilized spectral-spatial feature generators (ViT, Swin, PVT, DETR) and an enhanced greedy political optimization (EGPO) algorithm for feature selection.
Employed a capsule spatial shift neural network (CSSNet) for disease classification.
Integrated XAI methods (LIME, SHAP, Grad-CAM) for model transparency.

Main Results:

Achieved an average recall of 99.998% on hyperspectral datasets of intercropping systems.
Demonstrated high region consistency (Dice score: 99.997%) between activation maps and expert-identified disease regions.
Validated the DETR + EGPO + CSSNet framework against conventional feature selection methods.

Conclusions:

The proposed XAI framework is highly accurate, stable, and interpretable for detecting leaf diseases in intercropping systems.
This approach addresses the limitations of automated disease analysis in complex agricultural settings.
Enhances the potential for sustainable agriculture through advanced disease monitoring.