Typology for Decision Support Systems in Integrated Pest Management and Its Implementation as a Web Application

TY - JOUR

T1 - Typology for Decision Support Systems in Integrated Pest Management and Its Implementation as a Web Application

AU - Marinko, Jurij

AU - Blažica, Bojan

AU - Jørgensen, Lise Nistrup

AU - Matzen, Niels

AU - Ramsden, Mark

AU - Debeljak, Marko

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.

PY - 2024/3

Y1 - 2024/3

N2 - Decision support systems (DSSs) enable the optimisation of pesticide application timing to increase pesticide efficacy and thus reduce pesticide use without compromising yield quality and quantity. Limited access to information about available DSSs for use in integrated pest management (IPM) is a major barrier to the uptake of DSSs for IPM across Europe. To overcome this barrier, a typology for DSSs for IPM in Europe was developed, introducing a systematic approach to describe the ever-growing number of DSSs for IPM. The developed IPM-DSS typology was implemented in the free web tool “IPM Adviser”, where currently 79 IPM DSSs are described with over 50 attributes describing their structural and performance characteristics. The information about IPM DSSs, which was previously scattered on different websites and difficult to compare, is now standardised and presented in a uniform way, so that it is possible to compare different IPM DSSs on the basis of all the attributes described. The presented IPM-DSS typology implemented in the web tool IPM Adviser facilitates the dissemination and uptake of DSSs for IPM and thus contributes to the achievement of the EU targets for the sustainable use of pesticides.

AB - Decision support systems (DSSs) enable the optimisation of pesticide application timing to increase pesticide efficacy and thus reduce pesticide use without compromising yield quality and quantity. Limited access to information about available DSSs for use in integrated pest management (IPM) is a major barrier to the uptake of DSSs for IPM across Europe. To overcome this barrier, a typology for DSSs for IPM in Europe was developed, introducing a systematic approach to describe the ever-growing number of DSSs for IPM. The developed IPM-DSS typology was implemented in the free web tool “IPM Adviser”, where currently 79 IPM DSSs are described with over 50 attributes describing their structural and performance characteristics. The information about IPM DSSs, which was previously scattered on different websites and difficult to compare, is now standardised and presented in a uniform way, so that it is possible to compare different IPM DSSs on the basis of all the attributes described. The presented IPM-DSS typology implemented in the web tool IPM Adviser facilitates the dissemination and uptake of DSSs for IPM and thus contributes to the achievement of the EU targets for the sustainable use of pesticides.

KW - decision support system

KW - DSS uptake

KW - integrated pest management

KW - sustainable use of pesticides

KW - typology

KW - user experience

KW - web tool

U2 - 10.3390/agronomy14030485

DO - 10.3390/agronomy14030485

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85188808099

SN - 2073-4395

VL - 14

JO - Agronomy

JF - Agronomy

IS - 3

M1 - 485

ER -