Léo Gustavo Cantoni

Dr. Léo Gustavo Cantoni


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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29 October 2022 in Agriculture
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RBRodrigo Bernardes
Rodrigo Bernardes
AMAndré Medeiros
André Medeiros
LSLaercio da Silva
Laercio da Silva
LCLéo Gustavo Cantoni
Léo Gustavo Cantoni
GMGustavo Martins
Gustavo Martins
Clíssia Barboza da SilvaClíssia Barboza da Silva
Clíssia Barboza da Silva
Modern techniques that enable high-precision and rapid identification/elimination of wheat seeds infected by Fusarium head blight (FHB) can help to prevent human and animal health risks while improving agricultural sustainability. Robust pattern-recognition methods, such as deep learning, can achieve higher precision in detecting infected seeds using more accessible solutions, such as ordinary RGB cameras. This study used different deep-learning approaches based on RGB images, combining hyperparameter optimization, and fine-tuning strategies with different pretrained convolutional neural networks (convnets) to discriminate wheat seeds of the TBIO Toruk cultivar infected by FHB. The models achieved an accuracy of 97% using a low-complexity design architecture with hyperparameter optimization and 99% accuracy in detecting FHB in seeds. These findings suggest the potential of low-cost imaging technology and deep-learning models for the accurate classification of wheat seeds infected by FHB. However, FHB symptoms are genotype-dependent, and therefore the accuracy of the detection method may vary depending on phenotypic variations among wheat cultivars.