MEAN-SSD: A novel real-time detector for apple leaf diseases using improved light-weight convolutional neural networks

Alternaria blotch, Brown spot, Mosaic, Grey spot, and Rust are 5 common apple leaf diseases that severely impact apple production and quality. At present, although many CNN methods have been proposed for apple leaf diseases, there are still lack of apple leaf disease detection models that can be applied on mobile devices, which limits their application in practical production. This paper proposes a light-weight CNN model that can be deployed on...