Development of a web tool for action threshold evaluation in table grape pest management

作     者：Canadas, Joaquin del Aguila, Isabel M. Palma, Jose 

作者机构：Univ Almeria Dept Informat Ctra Sacramento S-N Almeria 04120 Spain Univ Murcia Dept Informat & Commun Engn Campus Espinardo E-30100 Murcia Spain 

出 版 物：《PRECISION AGRICULTURE》 (Precis. Agric.)

年 卷 期：2017年第18卷第6期

页      面：974-996页

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学科分类：09[农学] 0901[农学-作物学] 

基　　金：Data  Knowledge and Software Engineering (DKSE) research group of the University of Almeria [TIC-181] 

主　　题：Table grapes Integrated pest management Web-based decision support systems Model-driven software development 

摘      要：Pest control is a major issue in agricultural management due to crop yield losses caused by pests. In this context, integrated pest management aims to suppress pest populations below an action threshold to minimize their impact. This paper presents the development of a web tool based on the Spanish regulations for the integrated pest management of table grapes;this provides decision support for evaluating when a particular pest action threshold has been crossed thus affecting table grape crops. The tool was built using a model-driven software development approach that enables software system generation from the problem s knowledge model. The design of the knowledge bases which contain the system s decision rules is also described. It is divided into knowledge bases that contain general knowledge related to the table grape crop as well as several specific knowledge bases (one per pest) containing the reasoning model that deduces the risk associated with a particular pest. The software has been designed by applying the model-driven development method thus making the system flexible, easy to evolve and adaptable whenever a new pest has to be incorporated into the software.