Spatial decision support system for Medfly control in citrus

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-117

  Cohen, Y ^a   Cohen, A ^a,b   Hetzroni, A ^a   Alchanatis, V ^a   Broday, D ^b   Gazit, Y ^c   Timar, D ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c The Israel Cohen Institute for Biological Control   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; SDSS; Stanford certainty factor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FRUITS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; STANFORD CERTAINTY FACTORS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVERGREEN TREE; FLY; GIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MODELING; PEST CONTROL; SPRAY; TRAPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; CITRUS; NEMOPHILA; PSEUDOMUGILIDAE;

EID: 40849085081     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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