1. From Render to Field: Detecting Asian Soybean Rust Using Models Trained Exclusively on Synthetic Imagery

Training machine learning models for crop disease detection requires large, annotated datasets that are costly and difficult to obtain under variable field conditions. Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) can reduce soybean yield by up to 90% and costs Brazilian producers over US$2 billion per season in fungicide applications and yield losses. Despite this impact, existing machine learning studies on ASR remain scarce with no publicly available RGB... L.B. Fontoura, A. De Freitas, E. Farinati Leite, J. Valiati