Electrostatic Insect Repulsion, Capture, and Arc-Discharge Techniques for Physical Pest Management in Greenhouses
This article reviews the development of electrostatic apparatuses for controlling insect pests in greenhouses. The apparatuses control insects by repelling them, capturing them, and killing them by producing an arc discharge. The single-charged dipolar electric field screen (SD screen) repels insect...
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| description | This article reviews the development of electrostatic apparatuses for controlling insect pests in greenhouses. The apparatuses control insects by repelling them, capturing them, and killing them by producing an arc discharge. The single-charged dipolar electric field screen (SD screen) repels insects due to insects’ inherent avoidance behavior toward entering the electric field produced. As this behavior is common to many insect pests, the SD screen effectively prevents many pests from entering a greenhouse. The double-charged dipolar electric field screen (DD screen) has a strong attractive force that captures insects entering its electric field. The DD screen is useful for capturing small insects that pass through a conventional insect net, and unique derivatives of this screen have been invented to trap various insect pests on-site in a greenhouse. An arc-discharge exposer was used as a soil cover to kill adult houseflies that emerged from underground pupae transferred along with cattle manure used for soil fertilization. The houseflies were subjected to arc discharge when they appeared at the soil surface. These apparatuses have the common characteristic of a simple structure, so ordinary workers can be encouraged to fabricate or modify them based on their own needs. This review provides an experimental basis for designing efficient physical measures for controlling insect pests in greenhouses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dbabe6e71fa74509947e6e78d9f2404d2023-11-30T20:47:51ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952022-12-011312310.3390/agronomy13010023Electrostatic Insect Repulsion, Capture, and Arc-Discharge Techniques for Physical Pest Management in GreenhousesShin-ichi Kusakari0Yoshinori Matsuda1Hideyoshi Toyoda2Research Association of Electric Field Screen Supporters, Nara 631-8505, JapanLaboratory of Phytoprotection Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara 631-8505, JapanResearch Association of Electric Field Screen Supporters, Nara 631-8505, JapanThis article reviews the development of electrostatic apparatuses for controlling insect pests in greenhouses. The apparatuses control insects by repelling them, capturing them, and killing them by producing an arc discharge. The single-charged dipolar electric field screen (SD screen) repels insects due to insects’ inherent avoidance behavior toward entering the electric field produced. As this behavior is common to many insect pests, the SD screen effectively prevents many pests from entering a greenhouse. The double-charged dipolar electric field screen (DD screen) has a strong attractive force that captures insects entering its electric field. The DD screen is useful for capturing small insects that pass through a conventional insect net, and unique derivatives of this screen have been invented to trap various insect pests on-site in a greenhouse. An arc-discharge exposer was used as a soil cover to kill adult houseflies that emerged from underground pupae transferred along with cattle manure used for soil fertilization. The houseflies were subjected to arc discharge when they appeared at the soil surface. These apparatuses have the common characteristic of a simple structure, so ordinary workers can be encouraged to fabricate or modify them based on their own needs. This review provides an experimental basis for designing efficient physical measures for controlling insect pests in greenhouses.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/1/23aphidattractive forceelectrostatic fieldelectrostatic soil coverhouseflyshore fly |
| spellingShingle | Shin-ichi Kusakari Yoshinori Matsuda Hideyoshi Toyoda Electrostatic Insect Repulsion, Capture, and Arc-Discharge Techniques for Physical Pest Management in Greenhouses Agronomy aphid attractive force electrostatic field electrostatic soil cover housefly shore fly |
| title | Electrostatic Insect Repulsion, Capture, and Arc-Discharge Techniques for Physical Pest Management in Greenhouses |
| title_full | Electrostatic Insect Repulsion, Capture, and Arc-Discharge Techniques for Physical Pest Management in Greenhouses |
| title_fullStr | Electrostatic Insect Repulsion, Capture, and Arc-Discharge Techniques for Physical Pest Management in Greenhouses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electrostatic Insect Repulsion, Capture, and Arc-Discharge Techniques for Physical Pest Management in Greenhouses |
| title_short | Electrostatic Insect Repulsion, Capture, and Arc-Discharge Techniques for Physical Pest Management in Greenhouses |
| title_sort | electrostatic insect repulsion capture and arc discharge techniques for physical pest management in greenhouses |
| topic | aphid attractive force electrostatic field electrostatic soil cover housefly shore fly |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/1/23 |
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