IRCI Article ID: IRCI-AR-0000001842

Explainable lightweight deep learning architectures for crop anomaly detection using enhanced Grad-CAM and transfer learning

Journal: Critical Insights in Agriculture

Publication: 2026-12-31 · Vol. 1 No. 1

DOI: 10.1080/29932106.2026.2702682

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Bikas Basnet

Affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry University; Citrus Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida

ORCID: 0000-0003-0579-6039

Santosh Bhandari

Affiliation: Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agriculture and Forestry University

ORCID: 0000-0002-5002-9691

Roshan Ghimire

Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University

ORCID: 0009-0009-8765-1677

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