دانلود کتاب Plant Disease Forecasting Systems: Procedure, Application and Prospect

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Authors
Abbreviations
1: Historic Plant Disease Epidemics
1.1 Irish Famine
1.2 Bengal Famine
1.3 African Famine
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2: Epidemic Factors
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3: Predicting Variables
3.1 Initial Inoculum
3.2 Weather
3.3 Shrun´s Hypothesis
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4: Criteria to Develop Forecast
4.1 Capable of Inflicting Significant Damage
4.2 Sporadic in Nature
4.3 Seasonal Variation of the Disease Incidence
4.4 Effect of Genetic Diversity of Mango Cultivars on the Disease Incidence
4.5 Availability of Predicting System
4.6 Availability of Appropriate Control Measures
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5: Modelling of Epidemic Dynamic
5.1 Multiple Regression Equation
5.2 The Polynomial Model
5.3 Validation of the Model
5.4 Chi-square (χ2) test
5.5 Goodness of Fit
5.6 Non-linear Regression
5.7 Non-linear Regression Equation
5.8 Some Important Non-linear Growth Models
5.9 Logistic Model
5.9.1 Gompertz model
5.9.2 Weibull Model
5.10 Monomolecular Model
5.11 Monomolecular Model
5.12 Exponential Model
5.13 Infection Rate
5.13.1 Before `Take Off´ of the Disease
5.13.2 During `Take Off´ Stage of the Epidemic
5.13.3 Before `Take Off´ of the Epidemic
5.13.4 During `Take Off´ of the Epidemic
5.14 Disease Growth Rate (DGR)
5.15 Area Under Disease Progress Curve (DPC)
5.16 Predicted Success of a Single Spore Inoculum of Causing Infection
5.17 Doublet Analysis (for Determining `d´ Value) (van der Plank 1960)
5.18 Optimum Value
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6: Decision Support Systems (DSSs)
6.1 Reasons for the Low Rate of Implementation of Decision-Support Systems for Plant Protection
6.2 Effects of the Nature of the Cropping System on Managers´ Decisions
6.2.1 Decision-Support Systems for Extensive Crops
6.2.2 Decision Support Systems for Intensive Crops
6.3 Case Study
6.3.1 DSS Based on Several Variables
6.3.1.1 Methodology for Construction of Decision Models
6.3.2 DSS Based on the Most Influential Variable
6.4 Model Data Fitting
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7: Expert System
7.1 Expert System Frame Work
7.1.1 Knowledge Acquisition
7.1.2 Knowledge Structuring
7.1.3 Knowledge Representation
7.1.4 Inference Engine
7.1.5 User Interface
7.2 Methodology
7.2.1 Diversity of Methodologies Used in Previous Works
7.3 Case Study
7.4 Disease Identification
7.5 Correlation Between Disease and Environmental Variables
7.6 Knowledge Verification and Validation
7.7 KMS (Knowledge Management System) for Crop Diseases Management: A User Interface Design
7.7.1 Software Requirements
7.7.2 System Functionality and Structure
7.8 Expert System for Management of Malformation Disease of Mango
7.9 Architecture
7.9.1 Knowledge Acquisition
7.9.2 Knowledge Structuring
7.9.3 Knowledge Representation
7.9.4 Software Requirements
7.9.5 Knowledge Verification and Validation
7.9.6 Inference Engine
7.9.7 System Functionality and Structure
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8: Geographic Information Systems: Web-Based Disease Forecasting
8.1 A Web-Based Interactive System for Risk Management of Potato Late Blight in Michigan
8.2 Overall System Design
8.2.1 Linux Operational System
8.2.1.1 PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System
8.2.1.2 Apache Webserver, Using the Hypertext Pre-Processor (PHP) and Perl Programming Languages
8.2.1.3 The Google Maps Application Programming Interface (API; http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/)
8.3 Operational System
8.4 Limitations
8.5 Merit
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9: Decision Support Systems and Expert Systems: A Comparison
9.1 Definition of DSS
9.2 Definition of ES
9.3 Characteristics of DSS (Sprague and Carlson 1982)
9.4 Characteristics of ES (Fisher 1984)
9.5 Structure of DSS (Sprague and Carlson 1982)
9.6 Structure of ES (Ford 1985)
9.7 Objectives and Intents of DSS and ES
9.8 Programming Language Used to Construct DSS and ES (Ford 1985)
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10: Forecasting in Changed Climate
10.1 Climate Change
10.2 Causes of Climate Change and Its Effects on Disease Incidence
10.3 Global Warming and Its Impact on Pest Risk
10.4 Disease Management Strategy in Changed Climate
10.5 Forecasting Model Tailored for Climate Change
10.5.1 Multi-Model Ensembles
10.6 Integrated Modeling Approach
10.7 The Site-Specific Model (CLR)
10.8 The Spatial Model (hhh4)
10.9 Linked Process-Based Models
10.10 Our Observations (Mittal and Chakrabarti, Unpublished)
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11: Disease Detection: Imaging Technology and Remote Sensing
11.1 Imaging Techniques and Spectroscopic for Disease Detection
11.2 Monitoring Weather
11.3 Microprocessor-Based Data Recording System
11.4 On Farm Weather Station
11.5 Components of Weather Stations
11.6 Automatic Weather Station
11.7 The Data-Logger
11.8 Mast
11.9 Power Supply
11.10 Remote Sensing
11.11 Remote Sensing in India
11.12 Disease and Pest Management in Potato
11.12.1 Tea Pests
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12: Classical Disease Forecasting Systems
12.1 Examples of Few Well Known Forecasting Systems
12.1.1 Potato Late Blight
12.1.2 Apple Scab
12.2 Some Other Important Forecasting Systems
12.2.1 Grape Downy Mildew
12.2.2 Wheat Stripe Rust
12.2.3 Blossom Blight of Apples and Pears
12.2.4 Coffee Rust
12.3 Indian Scenario
12.3.1 Rice Diseases
12.3.2 Oilseeds
12.3.3 Pulse Crop
12.3.4 Mango
12.3.5 Alien Expert Systems Adopted in India
12.4 Conclusion
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