Electrostatic Insect Repulsion, Capture, and Arc-Discharge Techniques for Physical Pest Management in Greenhouses

This article reviews the development of electrostatic apparatuses for controlling insect pests in greenhouses. The control insects by repelling them, capturing and killing them producing an arc discharge. single-charged dipolar electric field screen (SD screen) repels due to insects’ inherent avoidance behavior toward entering produced. As this is common many pests, SD effectively prevents from a greenhouse. double-charged (DD has strong attractive force that captures its field. DD useful small pass through conventional net, unique derivatives have been invented trap various on-site An arc-discharge exposer was used as soil cover kill adult houseflies emerged underground pupae transferred along with cattle manure fertilization. were subjected discharge when they appeared at surface. These characteristic simple structure, so ordinary workers can be encouraged fabricate or modify based on their own needs. review provides experimental basis designing efficient physical measures