INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT FOR CITRICULTURE

A SOFTWARE PACKAGE CALLED THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPMAC) IS PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT USING AN INNOVATIVE RAP ID PROTOTYPING METHODOLOGY. IPMAC WILL USE EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNIQUES TO ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE OF A WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERT IN CITRUS PEST MANAGEMENT, DR. GLENN CARMAN, AND MAKETHAT AVAILABLE TO CITRUS ORCHARD OPERATORS. IPMAC WILL CON-SIST OF TACTICAL RESPONSE MODULES FOR IDENTIFYING PESTS AND RECOMMENDING RESPONSES, STRATEGIC PLANNING MODULES FOR GENE ATING AN IPM PLAN AND SIMULATION MODULES FOR TRAINING USERS IN IPM TECHNIQUES. THE CORE OF IPMAC WILL BE AN ENTERPRISE MODEL THAT EVALUATES ALL IPM ALTERNATIVES AND IPM PLANS BASED ON THE NET SHORTTERM AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CITRUS GROWER.