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---
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: image
    dtype: image
  - name: objects
    struct:
    - name: bbox
      list:
        list: float64
    - name: categories
      list:
        class_label:
          names:
            '0': soybean_seedling
  - name: plot_id
    dtype: int32
  - name: variety
    dtype: string
  - name: seeds_per_hole
    dtype: int32
  - name: sowing_density_seeds_per_ha
    dtype: int32
  - name: seedling_count
    dtype: int32
  - name: split
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 137406490
    num_examples: 54
  download_size: 137397307
  dataset_size: 137406490
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- object-detection
size_categories:
- n<1K
---
# Mtl Plotcounter Soybean Detection

Plot-scale soybean seedling detection from UAV imagery of a 2023 breeding trial in Jinzhong, Shanxi, China. Two varieties (Dongdou 1 and Tiefeng 31) were sown at 1, 2 or 3 seeds per hole and at 120,000, 154,000 or 222,000 seeds per hectare in a factorial design with three replicates, giving 54 plots. A DJI Mavic 2 Pro flown at 5 m (0.1 cm per pixel) imaged the field after emergence; each plot was cut from the mosaic and zero-padded to 3072 x 6144 pixels. Because seedlings overlap heavily in the imagery, every seedling (5,932 in total, 55 to 211 per plot) was marked in the field on printed plot images and then boxed. Each row also carries the plot's variety, seeds per hole, sowing density and seedling count, and the split column keeps the authors' train/val/test assignment. The dataset contains 54 images with 5,932 bounding box annotations across 1 category.

This dataset is indexed on https://project-agml.github.io/ as part of the AgML python library.

The original train/test/val split has been preserved in the `split` column.

## Citation

```bibtex
@article{xue2025mtl,
  title={MTL-PlotCounter: Multitask Driven Soybean Seedling Counting at the Plot Scale Based on UAV Imagery},
  author={Xue, Xiaoqin and Li, Chenfei and Liu, Zonglin and Sun, Yile and Li, Xuru and Song, Haiyan},
  journal={Remote Sensing},
  volume={17},
  pages={2688},
  year={2025},
  publisher={MDPI}
}
```


*This dataset was reformatted from its original format to match HuggingFace standards.*