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: Received: 20 May 2019 / Approved: 21 May 2019 / Online: 21 May 2019 (09:08:24 CEST)
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Takikawa, Y.; Kakutani, K.; Matsuda, Y.; Nonomura, T.; Kusakari, S.; Toyoda, H. A Promising Physical Pest-Control System Demonstrated in a Greenhouse Equipped with Simple Electrostatic Devices that Excluded all Insect Pests. Preprints2019, 2019050256. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0256.v1
Takikawa, Y.; Kakutani, K.; Matsuda, Y.; Nonomura, T.; Kusakari, S.; Toyoda, H. A Promising Physical Pest-Control System Demonstrated in a Greenhouse Equipped with Simple Electrostatic Devices that Excluded all Insect Pests. Preprints 2019, 2019050256. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0256.v1
Takikawa, Y.; Kakutani, K.; Matsuda, Y.; Nonomura, T.; Kusakari, S.; Toyoda, H. A Promising Physical Pest-Control System Demonstrated in a Greenhouse Equipped with Simple Electrostatic Devices that Excluded all Insect Pests. Preprints2019, 2019050256. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0256.v1
APA Style
Takikawa, Y., Kakutani, K., Matsuda, Y., Nonomura, T., Kusakari, S., & Toyoda, H. (2019). A Promising Physical Pest-Control System Demonstrated in a Greenhouse Equipped with Simple Electrostatic Devices that Excluded all Insect Pests. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0256.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Takikawa, Y., Shin-ichi Kusakari and Hideyoshi Toyoda. 2019 "A Promising Physical Pest-Control System Demonstrated in a Greenhouse Equipped with Simple Electrostatic Devices that Excluded all Insect Pests" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201905.0256.v1
Abstract
Applied electrostatic engineering can be used to construct greenhouses that prevent entry of insect pests. Two types of electric field screen were used to exclude pests from the greenhouse: single- and double-charged dipolar electric field screens (S- and D-screen, respectively). The S-screen consisted of iron insulated conductor wires (ICWs) arrayed in parallel (ICW-layer), a grounded metal net on either side of the ICW-layer, and a direct current voltage generator. S-screens were attached to the side windows of the greenhouse to repel whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) that approached the nets. The D-screen was installed in a small anteroom at the greenhouse entrance to capture whiteflies entering through it. The ICW-layers of the D-screen were oppositely charged with equal voltages and arrayed alternately, and an insulator board or grounded metal net was placed on one side of the ICW-layer. The ICW-layers captured whiteflies entering the electric field of the double-charged dipolar electric field. Three screens equipped with yellow or gray boards or a grounded metal net were installed in the anteroom based on the airflow inside the room, as most whiteflies were brought in by air when the door was opened. Two D-screens with boards were useful for directing the airflow toward the wall with the netted D-screen. This screen eliminated the insects and the pest-free air was circulated inside the greenhouse. The D-screen with the yellow board attracted the whiteflies and was effective for trapping them when there was no wind. Our method kept the greenhouse pest-free throughout the entire period of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) cultivation.
Keywords
electric field screen; pest management; photo-selective nets; whiteflies
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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