



We constructed a new dataset for maize leaf disease classification, compiled from various sources, including PlantVillage, Kaggle, and The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST). This dataset contains 25,992 images categorized into six classes: Cercospora Leaf Spot (CLS), Common Rust (CR), Healthy (H), Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN), Maize Streak Virus (MSV), and Northern Leaf Blight (NLB).