Deep Learning-Based Soybean Leaf Disease Classification Using DenseNet121, Xception, and MobileNetV2

Authors

  • Nita Helmawati Universitas Amikom Yogyakarta
  • Yopy Tri Buana Universitas AMIKOM Yogyakarta
  • Eko Rahmad Darmawan Universitas AMIKOM Yogyakarta
  • Kusrini Kusrini Universitas AMIKOM Yogyakarta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29207/resti.v9i6.6271

Keywords:

data augmentation, DenseNet121, MobileNetV2, Xception, soybean leaf disease classification

Abstract

This study is driven by the challenge of soybean leaf diseases, which significantly reduce agricultural productivity and pose a threat to food security. To address this issue, we developed a deep learning–based classification model for soybean leaf disease detection, employing three prominent architectures: DenseNet121, Xception, and MobileNetV2. The dataset comprised 770 images representing six disease categories and one healthy category, which was expanded to 5,880 images using data augmentation techniques. The dataset was evaluated under three experimental scenarios with splits of 70% training, 10% validation, and 20% testing. Experimental results demonstrated that the DenseNet121 model, optimized with AdamW, achieved the highest accuracy at 90.14%, outperforming MobileNetV2 (85.48%) and Xception (65.37%). Moreover, DenseNet121 exhibited the most consistent performance in classifying the diverse categories of soybean leaf diseases.

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2025-12-07

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How to Cite

Helmawati, N. ., Buana, Y. T., Darmawan, E. R., & Kusrini, K. (2025). Deep Learning-Based Soybean Leaf Disease Classification Using DenseNet121, Xception, and MobileNetV2. Jurnal RESTI (Rekayasa Sistem Dan Teknologi Informasi), 9(6), 1339-1346. https://doi.org/10.29207/resti.v9i6.6271

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