RETRACTED ARTICLE: Classification of pest detection in paddy crop based on transfer learning approach

Abstract

This article has been retracted from publication in the Taylor & Francis journal, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science.

Following publication, concerns were raised by multiple third-parties around the content of the special issue and the decision-making process.

Following an investigation by the Taylor & Francis Publishing Ethics & Integrity team in full cooperation with the Editor-in-Chief, it was confirmed that this article included in Special Issue titled “Envisage Computer Modelling and Statistics for Agriculture”, guest edited by Gunasekaran Manogaran was not peer-reviewed appropriately, in line with the Journal's peer review standards and policy.

As the stringency of the peer review process is core to the integrity of the publication process, the Editor and Publisher have decided to retract all of the articles within the above-named Special Issue.

The journal has not confirmed if the authors were aware of this compromised peer review process.

The journal is committed to correcting the scientific record and will fully cooperate with any institutional investigations into this matter. The authors have been informed of this decision.

We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines.

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V. Malathi

V. Malathi received B. Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Panimalar institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai, India in 2014, also received M. Tech degree in Information Technology from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India in 2016, Currently perusing research in Agriculture images processing using Deep learning Techniques, at School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology. Her research interest includes Image Processing, Deep Learning.

M. P. Gopinath

Prof. M. P. Gopinath is working as Associate Professor in School of Computer Science and Engineering, VIT University, Vellore. He has published many technical papers in various international journals, conferences, and Springer book chapters. He is life member of CSI and IEEE. His research interest includes Image processing, Data Mining, IoT, Cloud Computing.