In each period the farmer harvests all grain in excess of some given amount of seed. If she maximizes her present-value profits, optimal farming is characterized by either using no pesticide or a moderate amount of pesticide or by applying a chattering control. Pest eradication is never optimal...
This has provided a new insight into plant disease and insect-pest control. Rational planning of agro-landscape patterns at landscape scale and reasonable arrangement of planting structures and farming activities constituted a beneficial control of agricultural diseases and insect-pests in farmlands. This...
(2008), which developed an unmanned self-propelled hoeing system for intra-row weed control consisting of an autonomous vehicle based on a commercial agricultural tractor and a cycloid hoe. A second approach has developed new robot structures (individual steering/traction in the wheels, electrically ...
TRUSTED PEST CONTROL IN FOOD INDUSTRY Pests Are a Food Safety Hazard Poor food and beverage pest control is a recipe for disaster, especially when your business is dependent on sanitation and hygiene. Whether you are a dry-food facility, liquid-food facility or both, pests won't leave ...
Pesticides are commonly used in food crop production systems to control crop pests and diseases and ensure maximum yield with high market value. However, the accumulation of these chemical inputs in crop fields increases risks to biodiversity and human health. In addition, people are increasingly se...
(肥料),biological pest control methods and special farming techniques to keep soil productive.Limiting the use of manmade chemicals or completely doing away with(去掉) them reduces the risk of diseases.Today,organic farming is a major and preferred industry around the world.Organica...
Reducing pesticide risks to farming communities: cotton farmer field schools in Mali One goal of the training was the adoption of alternatives to the use of hazardous insecticides, through integrated pest management (IPM) methods. Over an... W Settle,M Soumaré,M Sarr,... - 《Philosophical Tra...
Agriculture, in contrast, has lagged behind and only in the last 30 years have these processes been adopted. Long considered a way of life rather than an industry, farming is now becoming as highly industrialized as the tradi-tionally organized businesses. Pest control, one of the later ...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook biocontrol (redirected fromBiological pest control) Medical Acronyms Encyclopedia Wikipedia bi·o·con·trol (bī′ō-kən-trōl′) n. Seebiological control. ...
preparations made either to kill or control insects. They carry out farming and public health activities by controlling pests that damage crops or spread illnesses. Nevertheless, conservation requires a plan to ensure that beneficial insects are not affected and to reduce environmental impact in the ...