Optimizing rice plant disease detection with crossover boosted artificial hummingbird algorithm based AX-RetinaNet.

Rice is the most important cereal food crop in the world, and half of the world's population uses rice as a staple food for its energy source. The yield production qualities and quantities are affected by biotic and abiotic factors namely viruses, soil fertility, bacteria, pests, and temperature. Rice plant disease is the most crucial factor behind communal, economic, and agricultural losses in the agricultural field.