COMPUTER-BASED COTTON PEST-MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A prototype pest management system for cotton incorporating data handling and decision making by computer was progressively modified during 1978 and 1979 to increase its efficacy and practical feasibility. A more realistic assessment of crop status was developed. Threshold population densities of pests were revised. Labour requirements were reduced by sequentially sampling insects on terminals three times a week and by simulation of fruit development during week-long intervals between plant sampling. Decision making was refined using recent experience. The developing system, tested in 1978-1979 on a 14 ha field and in 1979-1980 on 360 ha of cotton grown on four farms, maintained yields at commercial levels although insecticide usage was decreased by 40%. 1981.

published proceedings

  • FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

author list (cited authors)

  • HEARN, A. B., IVES, P. M., ROOM, P. M., THOMSON, N. J., & WILSON, L. T.

citation count

  • 31

complete list of authors

  • HEARN, AB||IVES, PM||ROOM, PM||THOMSON, NJ||WILSON, LT

publication date

  • January 1981