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  • AppleMgr, a prototype decision aid for apple pest management

    Creator:
    Haley, Sue
    Abstract:
    Computer decision aids can help integrate and apply diverse sources of information and expertise to problems of integrated pest management (IPM) in agriculture and forestry. AppleMgr combines a rule-based expert system with databases and spreadsheets in a prototype decision aid intended to be expanded and modified for use by extension...
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    Dissertation
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    growers. GrapES is an ES for grape growers in Pennsylvania that integrates disease and insect control

  • Management of variegated cutworm in peppermint

    Creator:
    Coop, Leonard Bryan
    Abstract:
    A pest management program for variegated cutworm (VC), Peridroma saucia (Hubner), in Oregon peppermint was developed based on studies of pheromone trapping, sampling methods, and economic thresholds. Pheromone traps effectively trapped VC males and were used to reflect development and oviposition trends. Trap height was linearly correlated to moth catch...
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    Dissertation
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    thresholds (number of larvae/1000 cm2 as a function of peppermint oil price, cost of control, and field class