Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleDual-Branch Shape Texture Learning With Pyramid Residual and Sobel Edge Layers for Rice Variety ClassificationM Pradeep, M SiddappaAutomated rice variety classification categorizes rice types based on features, such as grain texture, shape, color, and size. Traditional handcrafted feature-based models fail at rice classification due to lighting variations, background noise, and environmental conditions, leading to overlapping visual characteristics and frequent misclassification. To address these challenges, this research proposes a novel Dual-Branch Convolutional Neural Network with Pyramid Residual Units … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 9 · 24 Sep 2026 · 627 accessesView PDFCite