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# Chaitanya AM

@cheths · Bangalore,India · Joined November 2025

Turning Data into Working Products

### [Building a Practical Plant Disease Detection System — Heatmaps, Explainability, and Real-World Usability](https://cheths.hashnode.dev/explainable-plant-disease-detection?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Explainable plant disease detection using a custom CNN, Grad-CAM heatmaps, and a practical workflow built with real-world constraints.

10 min read · [cheths.hashnode.dev](https://cheths.hashnode.dev/explainable-plant-disease-detection?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Nov 29, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/explainable-plant-disease-detection/692a9001e18fc21092e094fe)