Pest control using virus as control agent: A mathematical model
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Sweta Pathak
Belur Girls’ High School, India
Alakes Maiti
Presidency University, India
Published 2012-01-25
https://doi.org/10.15388/NA.17.1.14079
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Keywords

pest
pesticide
biopesticide
virus
stability
time-delay

How to Cite

Pathak, S. and Maiti, A. (2012) “Pest control using virus as control agent: A mathematical model”, Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control, 17(1), pp. 67–90. doi:10.15388/NA.17.1.14079.

Abstract

It is now well recognised that biocontrol of pests is one of the best ecofriendly alternative for pest control. In this paper we have studied dynamical behaviours of a model for biocontrol of pests, where it is assumed that the pest is affected by a virus. Boundedness and stability of the model are studied. The effect of time-delay is investigated. Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate our analytical findings. It is observed that the time-delay has a regulatory impact on the system. Biological implications of our results are discussed.

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