scholarly journals A Genetic Algorithm Solver for Pest Management Control in Island Systems

2015 ◽  
pp. 273-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Brotankova ◽  
Marcus Randall ◽  
Andrew Lewis ◽  
Bob Pressey ◽  
Amelia Wenger
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Management Control

scholarly journals Optimization and Application for Hydraulic Electric Hybrid Vehicle

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiu-Ying Hwang ◽  
Tian-Syung Lan ◽  
Jia-Shiun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Hybrid Vehicle ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Energy Management Strategy ◽  
Rule Based

Targeting the application of medium and heavy vehicles, a hydraulic electric hybrid vehicle (HEHV) was designed, and its energy management control strategy is discussed in this paper. Matlab/Simulink was applied to establish the pure electric vehicle and HEHV models, and backward simulation was adopted for the simulation, to get the variation of torque and battery state of charge (SOC) through New York City Cycle of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA NYCC). Based on the simulation, the energy management strategy was designed. In this research, the rule-based control strategy was implemented as the energy distribution management strategy first, and then the genetic algorithm was utilized to conduct global optimization strategy analysis. The results from the genetic algorithm were employed to modify the rule-based control strategy to improve the electricity economic performance of the vehicle. The simulation results show that the electricity economic performance of the designed hydraulic hybrid vehicle was improved by 36.51% compared to that of a pure electric vehicle. The performance of energy consumption after genetic algorithm optimization was improved by 43.65%.

Trap Cropping in South Asia: Concepts, Limitations, and Future Strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Tiwari ◽  
R Pudasaini ◽  
L Kafle ◽  
S Bhattarai ◽  
M P Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Habitat Management ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Economic Damage ◽  
Trap Cropping

Abstract Cultural methods are some of the most widely adopted approaches in integrated pest management. Trap cropping is based on the principle of using a relatively more preferred crop species to keep the pest away from the main crop and reduce pest damage. This technique has tremendous potential to keep the pest below the economic damage threshold and can be used for pest management in organic farming. Furthermore, trap crops can be linked to habitat management and conservation biological control to improve multiple ecosystem services in an agroecosystem. While trap cropping is one of the most common cultural pest management control methods in subsistence farming in South Asia, it has not yet become common in conventional agriculture, nor has this practice been well documented in this region. This work broadly reviews the most relevant literature related to trap cropping used in pest management in this region. Regional cooperation for knowledge-sharing and research collaborations, motivating farmers to promote organic farming, along with increased research and policy interventions to favor sustainable agriculture have been done to promote this pest management practice in South Asia.

PEST MANAGEMENT: CONTROL OF ARCHIPS ARGYROSPILUS AND ARCHIPS ROSANUS (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE) ON APPLE

1977 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold F. Madsen ◽  
S. A. Potter ◽  
F. E. Peters
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Bacillus Thuringiensis ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Azinphos Methyl ◽  
Larval Emergence ◽  
Archips Argyrospilus

AbstractTwo leafroller spades are major pests of apple in British Columbia, Archips argyrospilus (Walker) and Archips rosanus (Linnaeus). Field observations showed that both species overwinter in the egg stage and that larval emergence times are similar. Experiments demonstrated that both species are susceptible to sprays of azinphos-methyl, diazinon, or trichlorfon applied at either the pink bud or petal fall stages. Dipel (Bacillus thuringiensis) failed to control larvae of either species.

Pest management control of olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) based on a location-aware agro-environmental system

2012 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costas M. Pontikakos ◽  
Theodore A. Tsiligiridis ◽  
Constantine P. Yialouris ◽  
Dimitris C. Kontodimas
Keyword(s):  
Pest Management ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Bactrocera Oleae ◽  
Olive Fruit Fly ◽  
Environmental System ◽  
Olive Fruit ◽  
Location Aware

Electron investigations of rhabdovirus-like particles in mexican bean beetles and crickets

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-379
Author(s):  
J. R. Adams ◽  
G. J Tompkins ◽  
A. M. Heimpel ◽  
E. Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Acheta Domesticus ◽  
Epilachna Varivestis ◽  
House Cricket ◽  
Similar Morphology ◽  
Bean Beetle

As part of a continual search for potential pathogens of insects for use in biological control or on an integrated pest management program, two bacilliform virus-like particles (VLP) of similar morphology have been found in the Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis Mulsant and the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L. ).Tissues of diseased larvae and adults of E. varivestis and all developmental stages of A. domesticus were fixed according to procedures previously described. While the bean beetles displayed no external symptoms, the diseased crickets displayed a twitching and shaking of the metathoracic legs and a lowered rate of activity.Examinations of larvae and adult Mexican bean beetles collected in the field in 1976 and 1977 in Maryland and field collected specimens brought into the lab in the fall and reared through several generations revealed that specimens from each collection contained vesicles in the cytoplasm of the midgut filled with hundreds of these VLP's which were enveloped and measured approximately 16-25 nm x 55-110 nm, the shorter VLP's generally having the greater width (Fig. 1).

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