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GLOSSARY:
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agricultural data management and analysis:
The process where standardized data is potentially shared and analyzed across
independent growers and farming concerns both domestically and internationally.
biofix:
The date at which accumulation of degree-days begins. The biofix varies
depending on the insect species.
centralized database/central repository:
The "warehouse" of standardized field data that is uploaded via the internet to
the Moritor database server.
commodity:
The crop or plants being monitored by the Moritor system.
data collection:
Workers inspect each insect pest trap, count the number of insects and enter
the counts into a handheld computer.
entomology:
Entomology is the study of insects.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
The displaying of geographic information on a map via a computer.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
A system that can determine an exact location anywhere on earth, based on data
received from 24 satellites
handheld collected data:
Raw data that is collected from the field and input into a handheld computer.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM):
Integrated Pest Management or IPM is the control of insect pests using a
combination of biological control (controlling insects with beneficial
insects), insecticides and other options using thresholds.
National Science Foundation:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the U.S.
Government established to promote the progress of science; to advance the
national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense.
pheromone:
Pheromone: The production of an airborne sex attractant by a female for
attracting a male of the same species.
species:
Species: Organisms with similar phenetic and genetic characteristics that can
mate and produce viable offspring that can also mate and produce viable
offspring.
threshold:
Threshold: There are a number of thresholds used in entomology. The following
terms were proposed by Stern et al. for the control of pest insects:
1. Economic Damage: the amount of injury which will justify the cost
of artificial control measures."
2. Economic Injury Level: "the lowest population density that will
cause economic damage."
3. Economic Threshold: the population density at which control
action should be determined (initiated) to prevent an increasing pest
population (injury) from reaching the economic injury level."
Threshold can also apply to insect development:
1. Lower Developmental Threshold: The minimum temperature at which insect
development decreases or stops.
2. Upper Developmental Threshold: The maximum temperature at which
insect development decreases or stops.
upload:
The real-time transfer of field data from a handheld computer to the Moritor
centralized database via the Internet.
workers:
Data collectors in the field, who are responsible for entering data into
handheld computers.
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