Insecticide use and crop rotation under risk: rootworm control in corn
Lazarus, W.F.
Insecticide use and crop rotation under risk: rootworm control in corn - 1983 - Printed
Includes 20 references
Extract: The economic threshold concept is extended to a combination of two pest controls, insecticide and crop rotation, in a corn-soybean farm model. Effect of risk attitudes on the optimal combination of controls is explored, using a stochastic simulation with random crop prices, yields, and rootworm damage. Crop insurance may cause a risk-averse farmer to adopt a riskier cropping program. Reduced risk aversion causes the farmer to specialize in the more profitable corn crop. The insecticide and rotation thresholds both increase with reduced risk aversion. Depending on pest densities on individual fields, insecticide use may increase or decrease
English
0002-9092
Cultivation
Injurious insects
Insecticides
Maize
Pests of plants
Zea mays
84-086804
Insecticide use and crop rotation under risk: rootworm control in corn - 1983 - Printed
Includes 20 references
Extract: The economic threshold concept is extended to a combination of two pest controls, insecticide and crop rotation, in a corn-soybean farm model. Effect of risk attitudes on the optimal combination of controls is explored, using a stochastic simulation with random crop prices, yields, and rootworm damage. Crop insurance may cause a risk-averse farmer to adopt a riskier cropping program. Reduced risk aversion causes the farmer to specialize in the more profitable corn crop. The insecticide and rotation thresholds both increase with reduced risk aversion. Depending on pest densities on individual fields, insecticide use may increase or decrease
English
0002-9092
Cultivation
Injurious insects
Insecticides
Maize
Pests of plants
Zea mays
84-086804