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PlantVillage Crop Disease Scraper

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PlantVillage Crop Disease Scraper

PlantVillage Crop Disease Scraper

Scrape PlantVillage crop and disease data from Penn State. Get growing info, disease identification, symptoms, and treatments for 310+ crops.

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Scrape crop and disease data from PlantVillage (Penn State). Get growing information, disease identification, symptoms, pests, and treatments for 310+ crops — as clean JSON.

What it extracts

  • Crop name and scientific name
  • Description — overview of the crop
  • Diseases — identification, symptoms, and treatment/management
  • Pests — common pests affecting the crop
  • Growing info — cultivation and care details
  • Image URL — reference image
  • Source URL — the PlantVillage page

Input

Modes: browse (crawl the crop catalog) or provide explicit startUrls (crop or disease pages).

FieldTypeDefaultDescription
modestringbrowsebrowse, crops, or diseases
startUrlsarraySpecific PlantVillage crop/disease URLs
limitinteger50Max results to scrape
proxyConfigurationobjectnoneOptional proxy settings

Example input

{
"mode": "browse",
"limit": 50
}

Or target specific pages:

{
"startUrls": [
{ "url": "https://plantvillage.psu.edu/topics/banana/infos" }
]
}

Output

Each record is one crop:

{
"cropName": "Banana",
"scientificName": "Musa spp.",
"description": "Banana is a tropical fruit crop grown in humid regions...",
"diseases": [
{
"name": "Panama disease (Fusarium wilt)",
"symptoms": "Yellowing of older leaves, wilting, vascular discoloration",
"management": "Use resistant varieties and clean planting material"
}
],
"pests": ["Banana weevil", "Nematodes"],
"growingInfo": "Requires well-drained soil and consistent moisture...",
"imageUrl": "https://plantvillage.psu.edu/.../banana.jpg",
"sourceUrl": "https://plantvillage.psu.edu/topics/banana/infos"
}

Use cases

  • AgTech apps: build crop and disease knowledge bases
  • Agronomists & extension services: quick-reference disease management
  • Education & research: assemble crop science datasets
  • Farm advisory tools: power disease diagnosis and treatment lookups
  • Content sites: create crop-care guides and directories

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