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AppleScab-LT: A Longitudinal Real-Field Apple Scab Dataset for Temporal Disease Progression Analysis
arXiv:2608.14235v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The development of reliable plant disease monitoring systems is constrained by limited longitudinal datasets capturing disease progression under natural
arXiv:2608.14235v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The development of reliable plant disease monitoring systems is constrained by limited longitudinal datasets capturing disease progression under natural field conditions. Although existing plant disease datasets have advanced image-based recognition, most consist of static images acquired at a single time point, limiting analysis of temporal disease evolution and severity progression. To address this gap, this study presents AppleScab-LT, a longitudinal real-field dataset developed to monitor apple scab progression through repeated observations of individually tracked infected leaves. Guided by a research-question-driven framework, the dataset was systematically developed, validated, and characterized for reliable longitudinal disease analysis. AppleScab-LT was constructed through systematic orchard monitoring under natural environmental conditions, incorporating longitudinal leaf tracking, expert-guided disease verification, polygon-based annotation, leaf isolation, disease severity quantification, and temporal sequence construction. A comprehensive quality assurance framework, including standardized annotation protocols, expert validation, automated integrity checks, sequence-level verification, and temporal consistency analysis, was applied throughout curation. The dataset contains 21 longitudinal leaf sequences, 2,101 high-resolution images, and 264 progressive temporal samples from repeated monitoring of same infected leaves. It captures variability in severity accumulation, progression rates, monitoring duration, and inter-leaf progression. Quantitative disease descriptors based on pixel severity, color-intensity severity, and normalized relative severity provide standardized measurements for temporal disease analysis. AppleScab-LT provides a reliable resource for temporal disease intelligence, disease progression modelling, precision agriculture, and future crop health monitoring
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Source: arXiv cs.CV | 2026-08-17