A Systems Approach to Pest Control Research

A Systems Approach to Pest Control Research

WHY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS of objects and any object can be described by listing its attributes." Systems analysis would be a useful tool for certain kinds of pesticide research, particularly that involving Within any system, many subsystems exist. All decisions affecting the environment or the ecosystem. systems are subsystems of the next higher one. This is A well-designed systems analysis would pe...

Organic Pest Management Decisions: A Systems Approach

Organic farmers make system-level crop protection decisions that combine complementary insect, disease, nematode, and weed management strategies. Data from a national survey of U.S. organic farmers were used in a multivariate count data model to identify the farm and regional factors influencing adoption across the linked pest management categories. The results showed that weed management requi...

A new Approach to the Multi-Objective Control of Linear Singular Perturbation Systems

An Approach to the Design of Target-specific Vertebrate Pest Control Systems

Vertebrate pest control has the dual objectives of maximizing efficacy and minimizing nontarget hazard. The task in design is to make these objectives complementary, rather than mutually exclusive. Historically, vertebrate pest control has emphasized target control as a single objective, with nontarget impact a subsequent, secondary consideration. This sequence necessarily constrains the capaci...

Biopesticides: An ecofriendly approach for pest control

An ecofriendly alternative to chemical pesticides is biopesticides, which encompasses a broad array of microbial pesticides, biochemicals derived from micro-organisms and other natural sources, and processes involving the genetic incorporation of DNA into agricultural commodities that confer protection against pest damage. Biopesticides fall into three major classes. The potential benefits to a...