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A Bioeconomic Simulation Approach to Multi-Species Insect Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

William G. Boggess ,
Dino J. Cardelli  and
C. S. Barfield
William G. Boggess
Affiliation:
University of Florida
Dino J. Cardelli
Affiliation:
Tropicana Inc., Bradenton, Florida
C. S. Barfield
Affiliation:
University of Florida
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Abstract

Classical approaches to the economics of pest management have focused almost exclusively on single-species models. This study develops and implements a methodology with which to evaluate multi-species, non-stochastic, managerial decisions subject to stochastic elements of the plant-insect system. Multi-species insect management strategies (combinations of scouting interval, threshold value, and choice of pesticide) are analyzed using a physiological mechanistic soybean plant growth model coupled to three insect population dynamics models. Preliminary results indicate that net returns are maximized and variance is reduced with lower thresholds and more frequent scouting than current recommendations.

Keywords

pest managementmulti-speciessimulationstochastic dominance
Type
Articles
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , December 1985 , pp. 43 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1985

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