arxivcs.CV2026-07-13
NEEDL-Bench: Dataset for Swiss Needle Cast and Stomata Detection in Microscopy Images
Benjamin Blake, Declan McIntosh, Jürgen Ehlting, Nicolas Feau, Joey B. Tanney, Alexandra Branzan Albu
We present NEEDL-Bench, a microscopy detection benchmark for Swiss Needle Cast (SNC), a fungal disease of Douglas-fir trees. Douglas-fir is a keystone species of major ecological and economic importance as a softwood timber resource, and SNC affects productivity by forming sexual…