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Strategy for Pesticide Use: Frequency and Applications
Author(s) -
Talpaz Hovav,
Borosh Itshak
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1239306
Subject(s) - pesticide , population , predation , pest control , pest analysis , environmental science , biology , agronomy , ecology , botany , demography , sociology
A pest control model with multiple treatments is presented. Population dynamics and damage rates are temperature dependent with predation affected by pesticide application. Pesticide tolerance distribution is used for constructing the estimated kill function. Mathematical‐numerical optimization is applied, selecting frequency and dosage which minimize control costs and crop damage.