Title
Pest Incidence Prediction in Organic Banana Crops with Machine Learning Techniques
Date Issued
21 October 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
One of the main problems organic banana crops is the presence of pests, affecting crop yield, post-harvest and export fruit quality. In Piura (Peru), pests with the greatest presence are Thrips, Squamas, Black Weevil, etc. This article describes the development of a prediction model, based on a supervised machine learning algorithm: Logistic Regression and Support Vector Machine, which will estimate the future level of incidence (low and medium) of a specific pest. The model was designed including the input data (climate) that were obtained from a network of IoT sensors in-situ in the banana crop, and output data (level of incidence) that was collected with manual record and visual inspection. The model developed can predict pest incidence at 79% accuracy (with test data). These first results show feasibility to estimate in advance the incidence of pests in that crop. Future implementation of the model would help to farmers improving the pest management to their crops, increasing the production and quality of the product.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Protección y nutrición de las plantas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85097831855
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Engineering International Research Conference, EIRCON 2020
ISBN of the container
978-172818367-1
Conference
IEEE Engineering International Research Conference, EIRCON 2020
Sponsor(s)
E. Almeyda acknowledges the financial support of the CONCYTEC – Banco Mundial Project, through its executing unit, the Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico, Tecnológico y de Innovación Tecnológica (FONDECYT), within the framework of the E033-2018-01-BM call of Contract No. 06-2018-FONDECYT/BM, for this research paper called “Pest Incidence Prediction in Organic Banana Crops with Machine Learning Techniques”, executed as part of the doctorate program in Engineering with a mention in Automation, Control and Optimization of Process, develop in the Laboratorio de Sistemas Automáticos de Control of the Universidad de Piura, Perú.
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