README.md

metadata

license: cc-by-nc-4.0
task_categories:
  - feature-extraction
tags:
  - Agriculture
  - Rice
  - Spikelet
size_categories:
  - n<1K

Dataset Structure

The dataset consists of:

• 521 raw field images of rice spikelets
• Images captured in natural field conditions
• Unprocessed original data suitable for various computer vision approaches

Citation

Please cite the following paper if using this dataset:

@misc{chen2025improvedyolov8approachsmall,
      title={An Improved YOLOv8 Approach for Small Target Detection of Rice Spikelet Flowering in Field Environments}, 
      author={Beizhang Chen and Jinming Liang and Zheng Xiong and Ming Pan and Xiangbao Meng and Qingshan Lin and Qun Ma and Yingping Zhao},
      year={2025},
      eprint={2507.20506},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.CV},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20506}, 
}