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Optimal Agricultural Pest Management with Multiple Species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Michael E. Wetzstein ,
Philip Szmedra ,
Wesley N. Musser  and
Charlene C. J. Chou
Michael E. Wetzstein
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia, Athens
Philip Szmedra
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia, Athens
Wesley N. Musser
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University
Charlene C. J. Chou
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia
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Increased concern for the environmental effects of pesticides has led to considerable interest in optimal management strategies for controlling pest populations affecting agricultural production. This issue has been considered by a number of researchers (Feder and Regev; Hall and Norgaard; Hueth and Regev; Lazarus and Swanson; Marsolan and Rudd; and Talpaz and Frisbie). With the exception of Feder and Regev, these studies considered only one species. This approach involves serious limitations since a grower is generally confronted with multiple species during the production period For example, insect prey-predator relationships may exist in the field (Feder and Regev). Alternatively, as an insect pest develops through a number of growth stages, multiple pests in effect exist (Reichelderfer and Bender).

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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , April 1985 , pp. 71 - 77
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Copyright © 1985 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

This research was partially funded by USDA Agreement 58-319V-1-052X.

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