DIARES-IPM: A diagnostic advisory rule-based expert system for integrated pest management in Solanaceous crop systems

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1119-1135

  Mahaman, B D ^a   Passam, H C ^a   Sideridis, A B ^a   Yialouris, C P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beneficial invertebrates; Diagnosis; Expert system; IPM; Solanaceous crops

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; EXPERT SYSTEM; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; VEGETABLE;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 0242668882     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00187-7     Document Type: Article

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