Integrated pest control in greenhouse crops

Early Pest Identification in Greenhouse Crops using Image Processing Techniques

Early disease detection is a major challenge in agriculture field. Hence proper measures has to be taken to fight bioagressors of crops while minimizing the use of pesticides. The techniques of machine vision are extensively applied to agricultural science, and it has great perspective especially in the plant protection field,which ultimately leads to crops management. Our goal is early detecti...

Generalist Predators, Food Web Complexities and Biological Pest Control in Greenhouse Crops

Pest Damage and Integrated Control

A broader, more comprehensive concept of forest pest management is needed to make it a really integral part of forest resource management. A generalized model structure of a forest pest management system is presented, and the major components are discussed briefly. Predictive models are the primary mechanism of information flow to decision and action in the system. General considerations affect...

Do Refuge Plants Favour Natural Pest Control in Maize Crops?

The use of non-crop plants to provide the resources that herbivorous crop pests' natural enemies need is being increasingly incorporated into integrated pest management programs. We evaluated insect functional groups found on three refuges consisting of five different plant species each, planted next to a maize crop in Lima, Peru, to investigate which refuge favoured natural control of herbivor...

Biological Control and Integrated Pest Management

The manipulation of beneficial organisms remains a very important tool in integrated pest management programs of insect pests worldwide. This chapter describes the approaches to using biological control and a historical perspective of each. Recent developments in genetics, systematics, population dynamics, pesticide chemistry, and public opinion have led to increased scrutiny and inclusion of b...