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Dave Berger

Principal Investigator

University of Pretoria

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Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions Research group

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The MPPI research group currently focuses on maize foliar diseases that are a threat to food security in Africa. Crop biotechnology, genomics and phenotyping (incl. artificial intelligence methods with Prof N. Pillay) are deployed from lab to field scale to develop solutions for disease management.

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University of Pretoria

AI-powered maize leaf disease identification using field-image deep learning classifiers

University of Pretoria researchers are developing an AI-based image classifier that detects grey leaf spot and other maize leaf diseases from real-world field photos. Current proof-of-concept exceeds 70% accuracy on fiel...

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Dave Berger

Principal Investigator

University of Pretoria

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University of Pretoria

Principal Investigator

2000 - Present

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