Remote sensing and its application in agricultural pest management

Authors

  • MC Acharya Senior Plant Quarantine officer, Department of Agriculture
  • RB Thapa Professor (Entomology), Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Rampur, Chitwan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/aej.v16i0.19839

Keywords:

Remote sensing, precision agriculture, pest management, yield prediction, early warning

Abstract

Agricultural production is significantly affected by biotic- living organisms, such as predator, parasites, pathogens and abiotic factors, like temperature, humidity, rainfall etc. To manage the pests, monitoring and forecasting has been an integrated part of the crop production system in developed countries. In recent years, remote sensing has become popular in pest monitoring, yield forecasting, and early warning to crop growers for timely management of potential pests in agriculture. This paper highlights basic functioning of remote sensing and its application in agriculture with main emphasis on pest management.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
Abstract
1429
PDF
6848

Downloads

Published

2015-06-01

How to Cite

Acharya, M., & Thapa, R. (2015). Remote sensing and its application in agricultural pest management. Journal of Agriculture and Environment, 16, 43–61. https://doi.org/10.3126/aej.v16i0.19839

Issue

Section

Technical Paper