A decision support system to aid weed control in sugar beet

  • Authors:

  • G. Edwards-Jones;J. D. Mumford;G. A. Norton;R. Turner;G. H. Proctor;M. J. May

  • Affiliations:

  • Silwood Centre for Pest Management, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK;Silwood Centre for Pest Management, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK;Silwood Centre for Pest Management, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK;British Sugar plc, P.O. Box 26, Oundle Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 9QU, UK;British Sugar plc, P.O. Box 26, Oundle Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 9QU, UK;Norfolk Agricultural Station, Morley, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9DB, UK

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Year:
  • 1992

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Abstract

A computer-based decision support system has been developed to provide information and assist in giving recommendations to sugar beet advisers on appropriate herbicides, mixtures and sequences for the range of sugar beet weed problems in the United Kingdom. The problems of system design and knowledge acquisition are considered, and a brief description of the system is provided. These systems are ideally suited to solving complex and important management decisions and would seem to have great potential for aiding agricultural decision makers. However, both developers and commissioning organisations should be aware of the amount of effort that is required in order to elevate early working prototypes to proven, commercially reliable systems.