{
  "id": 16082723,
  "title": "A pilot computer-vision model trained to identify slide-mounted scale insect pests from the family Rhizoecidae",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/a-pilot-computer-vision-model-trained-to-identify-slide-mounted-scale",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.16.759574v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The emerging field of image classification using computer vision has yet to address a rather challenging group of insect pests--soft-bodied insects that are preserved on microscope slides. This includes many notoriously invasive herbivores that have a significant impact on agriculture, such as members of the hemipteran suborder Sternorrhyncha. Using root mealybugs (Hemiptera: Rhizoecidae) as a…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}