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Automatic And Fast Classification Of Barley Grains From Images: A Deep Learning Approach, Syed Afaq Ali Shah, Hao Luo, Putu Dita Pickupana, Alexander Ekeze, Ferdous Sohel, Hamid Laga, Chengdao Li, Blakely Paynter, Penghao Wang

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Australia has a reputation for producing a reliable supply of high-quality barley in a contaminant-free climate. As a result, Australian barley is highly sought after by malting, brewing, distilling, and feed industries worldwide. Barley is traded as a variety-specific commodity on the international market for food, brewing and distilling end-use, as the intrinsic quality of the variety determines its market value. Manual identification of barley varieties by the naked eye is challenging and time-consuming for all stakeholders, including growers, grain handlers and traders. Current industrial methods for identifying barley varieties include molecular protein weights or DNA based technology, which are …