Computer aids to integrated control in peach orchards in Emilia‐Romagna (Italy)1

摘要

An Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programme on vineyards and orchards has been applied since 1974 in Emilia‐Romagna (northern Italy). The Entomology Institute of Piacenza has the scientific responsibility for peach, plum and apricot orchards. Data is collected in the field by a team of technicians with province‐level co‐ordination. Directions for control are given directly to farmers or through answering machines, Videotel or weekly bulletins. Data from orchards, concerning the pest and disease situaton, are processed by two Hewlett Packard 9000 computers: an HP 9845B and an HP Vectra RS/20. With the latter, data exchange is possible with MS DOS operating systems, allowing data input from a regional computer network now at the development