USE OF DATA AUGMENTATION AND EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS IN ENHANCING IMAGE FEATURES ON APPLE LEAF DISEASE DATASET

Apples are an essential commodity produced in Batu City, Malang. In 2017, Batu City, Malang, produced 19.1 tons of apples, while in 2018, Batu City, Malang, produced 15.9 tons of apples. It can be concluded that the decline in the number of apple harvests in Batu City, Malang. With the influence of technology in agriculture, the influence of technology can be used to detect diseases on leaves to overcome the decrease in the number of harvests. With the Image Augmentation method used in this study, the existing dataset can have 6x more features. So that the healthy category, which previously had 516 image features, now has 3096 image features, the scab category, which previously had 592 image features, now has 3552 image features and the rust category, which previously had 622 image features, now has 3732 image features. With a dataset with 3000 image features, the model to be made can have a higher accuracy value. The model can be said to be sturdy/sturdy/good, or the model to be made can carry out the classification process with a good level of accuracy.