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Reducing catastrophic forgetting in CNNs for plant stress classification using continual learning.

Ahmed Shakib Reza1, Shakib Sadat Shanto2, Farah Ulfat Zaima1

  • 1Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BRAC University (BRACU), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.

Scientific Reports
|June 27, 2026
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Summary

Lightweight Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) with continual learning (CL) methods like EWC and LwF effectively classify plant stresses. This approach overcomes catastrophic forgetting in AI models for agriculture, even with limited resources.

Keywords:
Catastrophic forgettingClassificationContinual learningConvolutional neural network (CNN)Deep learningMachine learningMulti-taskPlant stress

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Area of Science:

  • Agricultural AI
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning

Background:

  • Manual plant stress detection is slow and error-prone, impacting crop yields, especially in regions like Bangladesh.
  • Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) show promise for plant leaf classification but struggle with catastrophic forgetting in sequential learning scenarios.
  • Existing continual learning (CL) studies often use heavy models, posing challenges for resource-constrained agricultural applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effectiveness of lightweight CNNs integrated with CL techniques for plant stress classification.
  • To evaluate if established CL methods can mitigate catastrophic forgetting in resource-limited AI systems for agriculture.
  • To assess the performance of Elastic Weight Consolidation (EWC) and Learning without Forgetting (LwF) using the EfficientNet-B0 backbone.

Main Methods:

  • Integrated Elastic Weight Consolidation (EWC) and Learning without Forgetting (LwF) into the EfficientNet-B0 lightweight CNN architecture.
  • Evaluated the system on the Nutrispace cucurbit nutritional deficiency dataset with three sequential tasks (ash gourd, bitter gourd, snake gourd).
  • Each task involved classifying three conditions: healthy, nitrogen deficiency, and potassium deficiency.

Main Results:

  • Without CL, accuracy on the initial task dropped to 30%.
  • EWC maintained over 61% accuracy on prior tasks while achieving 98% on the final task.
  • LwF achieved 98% on the final task, with slightly reduced retention on earlier tasks. Both methods significantly outperformed the baseline.

Conclusions:

  • Lightweight CNNs combined with CL techniques (EWC, LwF) provide a viable solution for plant stress classification under resource constraints.
  • EWC demonstrated superior retention of prior-task knowledge compared to LwF.
  • This research offers a practical pathway for developing efficient AI tools for precision agriculture.