Antignus Yehezkel
Plant Pathology and Weed Research Department, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.
Adv Virus Res. 2014;90:1-33. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801246-8.00001-9.
The incurable nature of viral diseases and the public awareness to the harmful effects of chemical pest control to the environment and human health led to the rise of the integrated pest management (IPM) concept. Cultural control methods serve today as a central pivot in the implementation of IPM. This group of methods is based on the understanding of the complex interactions between disease agents and their vectors as well as the interactions between the vectors and their habitat. This chapter describes a set of cultural control methods that are based on solar light manipulation in a way that interferes with vision behavior of insects, resulting in a significant crop protection against insect pests and their vectored viruses.
病毒性疾病的不可治愈性以及公众对化学害虫防治对环境和人类健康有害影响的认识，导致了综合害虫管理（IPM）概念的兴起。如今，文化防治方法是实施IPM的核心关键。这组方法基于对病原体与其传播媒介之间复杂相互作用以及传播媒介与其栖息地之间相互作用的理解。本章介绍了一组基于太阳光操纵的文化防治方法，这种方法会干扰昆虫的视觉行为，从而显著保护作物免受害虫及其传播病毒的侵害。
