An integrated pest management model with delayed responses to pesticide applications and its threshold dynamics

Pulse-like pest management actions such as spraying pesticides and killing a pest instantly and the release of natural enemies at critical times can be modelled with impulsive differential equations. In practice, many pesticides have long-term residual effects and, also, both pest and natural enemy populations may have delayed responses to pesticide applications. In order to evaluate the effects of the duration of the residual effectiveness of pesticides and of delayed responses to pesticides on a pest management strategy, we developed novel mathematical models. These combine piecewise-continuous periodic functions for chemical control with pulse actions for releasing natural enemies in terms of fixed pulse-type actions and unfixed pulse-type actions. For the fixed pulse-type model, the stability threshold conditions for the pest eradication periodic solution and permanence of the model are derived, and the effects of key parameters including killing efficiency rate, decay rate, delayed response rate, number of pesticide applications and number of natural enemy releases on the threshold values are discussed in detail. The results indicate that there exists an optimal releasing period or an optimal number of pesticide applications which maximizes the threshold value. For unfixed pulse-type models, the effects of the killing efficiency rate, decay rate and delayed response rate on the pest outbreak period, and the frequency of control actions are also investigated numerically.     

Dynamics on a pest management SI model with control strategies of different frequencies

Based on spraying pesticide and introducing infected pest and natural enemy for pest control, an SI ecological epidemic model with different frequencies of pesticide applications and infected pests and natural enemy releases is proposed and studied. With spraying either more or less frequently than the releases, the threshold condition of existence and global attractiveness of susceptible pest extinction periodic solution is obtained. We investigate the effects of the pest control tactics on the threshold conditions. We also show that the system has rich dynamics including period-doubling bifurcations and chaos as the release period increases, which implies that the presence of impulsive intervention makes the dynamic behavior more complex. Finally, to see how the pesticide applications can be reduced, we develop a model involving periodic releases of natural enemies with chemical control applied only when the densities of the pest reaches the given Economic Threshold. It indicates that the hybrid method is the most effective method to control pest and the frequency of pesticide applications largely depends on the initial densities and the control tactics.     

The dynamics of pest control pollution model with age structure and time delay

In this paper, by using pollution model and impulsive delay differential equation, we investigate the dynamics of a pest control model with age structure for pest by introducing a constant periodic pesticide input and releasing natural enemies at different fixed moment. We assume only the pests are affected by pesticide. We show that there exists a global attractive pest-extinction periodic solution when the periodic natural enemies release amount μ₁ and pesticide input amount μ₂ are larger than some critical value. Further, the condition for the permanence of the system is also given. By numerical analyses, we also show that constant maturation time delay, pulse pesticide input and pulse releasing of the natural enemies can bring obvious effects on the dynamics of system. We believe that the results will provide reliable tactic basis for the practical pest management.     

The effects of impulsive releasing methods of natural enemies on pest control and dynamical complexity

In the present paper the different releasing methods including constant releasing and proportional to the predator population are considered and analyzed. The effects of these releasing methods of natural enemies on dynamical behavior are investigated. We firstly take into account the model with an impulsive effect at fixed moments, and the results imply that under some conditions the pest may serve to extinction. Several types of attractors can coexist, with switch-like transitions among their attractors showing that varying dosages and frequencies of insecticide applications and the numbers of natural enemies released are crucial. Secondly, the model with unfixed moments is further investigated. Different periodic solutions also exist and the maximum amplitude of the host is always less than the economic threshold. Comparing the results obtained for the two models concludes that the proportional releasing predator has strong effects on the dynamical behavior.     

Existence and stability of periodic solution of a Lotka–Volterra predator–prey model with state dependent impulsive effects

According to biological and chemical control strategy for pest, we investigate the dynamic behavior of a Lotka–Volterra predator–prey state-dependent impulsive system by releasing natural enemies and spraying pesticide at different thresholds. By using Poincaré map and the properties of the Lambert W$W$ function, we prove that the sufficient conditions for the existence and stability of semi-trivial solution and positive periodic solution. Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the feasibility of our main results.     

Analysis of a predator–prey model with Holling II functional response concerning impulsive control strategy

According to biological and chemical control strategy for pest control, we investigate the dynamic behavior of a Holling II functional response predator–prey system concerning impulsive control strategy-periodic releasing natural enemies and spraying pesticide at different fixed times. By using Floquet theorem and small amplitude perturbation method, we prove that there exists a stable pest-eradication periodic solution when the impulsive period is less than some critical value. Further, the condition for the permanence of the system is also given. Numerical results show that the system we consider can take on various kinds of periodic fluctuations and several types of attractor coexistence and is dominated by periodic, quasiperiodic and chaotic solutions, which implies that the presence of pulses makes the dynamic behavior more complex. Finally, we conclude that our impulsive control strategy is more effective than the classical one if we take chemical control efficiently.     

具有饱和反应率和阶段时滞结构的害虫生物防治模型

考虑了一个害虫和天敌都有阶段结构及具有饱和反应率的阶段时滞脉冲捕食者-食饵模型,利用人工周期定量地投放有病的害虫和天敌去治理害虫.借助脉冲时滞微分方程的相关理论和方法获得易感害虫根除周期解全局吸引的充分条件以及天敌与易感害虫可以共存且易感害虫的密度可以控制在经济危害水平之下的充分条件.我们的结论为现实的害虫管理提供了可靠的策略依据.     

Impulsive control for a predator-prey Gompertz system with stage structure

For pest control in agriculture, we investigate the dynamics of a stage-structured predator-prey Gompertz system with impulsive spraying pesticide and releasing of natural enemies at different fixed moment. Using the stroboscopic map and comparison theorem, we obtain the sufficient conditions for the global attractivity of the mature predator-extinction periodic solution and the permanence of the system. Numerical simulations are inserted to verify the feasibility of the theoretical results, which show that the impulsive control plays a key role on the permanence of the system and also provide tactical basis for pest control.     

Comment on “Existence and stability of periodic solution of a Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model with state dependent impulsive effects” [J. Comput. Appl. Math. 224 (2009) 544-555]

In this paper, according to integrated pest management principles, a class of Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model with state dependent impulsive effects is presented. In this model, the control strategies by releasing natural enemies and spraying pesticide at different thresholds are considered. The sufficient conditions for the existence and stability of the positive order-1 periodic solution are given by the Poincaré map and the properties of the LambertW function.     

Effects of population dispersal and impulsive control tactics on pest management

In this paper, we firstly consider a Lotka–Volterra predator–prey model with impulsive constant releasing for natural enemies and a proportion of killing or catching pests at fixed moments, and we have proved that there exists a pest-eradication periodic solution which is globally asymptotically stable. Further, we extend the model for the population to move in a two-patch environment. The effects of population dispersal and impulsive control tactics are investigated, i.e. we chiefly address the question of whether population dispersal is beneficial or detrimental for pest persistence. To do this, some special cases are theoretically investigated and numerical investigations are done for general case. The results indicate that for some ranges of dispersal rates, population dispersal is beneficial to pest control, but for other ranges, it is harmful. These clarify that we can get some new effective pest control strategies by controlling the dispersal rates of pests and natural enemies.     

Hybrid approach for pest control with impulsive releasing of natural enemies and chemical pesticides: A plant–pest–natural enemy model

The agricultural pests can be controlled effectively by simultaneous use (i.e., hybrid approach) of biological and chemical control methods. Also, many insect natural enemies have two major life stages, immature and mature. According to this biological background, in this paper, we propose a three tropic level plant–pest–natural enemy food chain model with stage structure in natural enemy. Moreover, impulsive releasing of natural enemies and harvesting of pests are also considered. We obtain that the system has two types of periodic solutions: plant–pest-extinction and pest-extinction using stroboscopic maps. The local stability for both periodic solutions is studied using the Floquet theory of the impulsive equation and small amplitude perturbation techniques. The sufficient conditions for the global attractivity of a pest-extinction periodic solution are determined by the comparison technique of impulsive differential equations. We analyze that the global attractivity of a pest-extinction periodic solution and permanence of the system are evidenced by a threshold limit of an impulsive period depending on pulse releasing and harvesting amounts. Finally, numerical simulations are given in support of validation of the theoretical findings.     

Mathematical modeling and control of population systems: Applications in biological pest control

The aim of this paper is to apply methods from optimal control theory, and from the theory of dynamic systems to the mathematical modeling of biological pest control. The linear feedback control problem for nonlinear systems has been formulated in order to obtain the optimal pest control strategy only through the introduction of natural enemies. Asymptotic stability of the closed-loop nonlinear Kolmogorov system is guaranteed by means of a Lyapunov function which can clearly be seen to be the solution of the Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation, thus guaranteeing both stability and optimality. Numerical simulations for three possible scenarios of biological pest control based on the Lotka–Volterra models are provided to show the effectiveness of this method.     

害虫治理的病毒感染模型

研究了食饵受病毒感染且捕食者具有Beddington-DeAngelis功能性反应的生态流行病模型,此模型考虑的是脉冲释放病毒颗粒和自然天敌. 利用Floquet乘子理论、小振幅扰动技巧和比较定理证明了害虫根除周期解的全局渐近稳定性以及系统持续生存的充分条件.结论为现实的害虫管理提供了有效的策略依据.     

Extinction and permanence in delayed stage-structure predator–prey system with impulsive effects

Based on the classical stage-structured model and Lotka–Volterra predator–prey model, an impulsive delayed differential equation to model the process of periodically releasing natural enemies at fixed times for pest control is proposed and investigated. We show that the conditions for global attractivity of the ‘pest-extinction’ (‘prey-eradication’) periodic solution and permanence of the population of the model depend on time delay. We also show that constant maturation time delay and impulsive releasing for the predator can bring great effects on the dynamics of system by numerical analysis. As a result, the pest maturation time delay is considered to establish a procedure to maintain the pests at an acceptably low level in the long term. In this paper, the main feature is that we introduce time delay and pulse into the predator–prey (natural enemy-pest) model with age structure, exhibit a new modelling method which is applied to investigate impulsive delay differential equations, and give some reasonable suggestions for pest management.     

The onset of positive periodic solutions for a biochemical pest management model

In this paper, the bifurcation of nontrivial periodic solutions for an impulsively perturbed system of ordinary differential equations which models an integrated pest management strategy is studied by means of a fixed point approach. A biological control, consisting in the periodic release of infective pests, and a chemical control, consisting in pesticide spraying, are employed to maintain susceptible pests below an acceptable level. It is assumed that the biological and chemical control act with the same periodicity, but not in the same time. It is then shown that if the constant amount of infective pests released each time reaches a certain threshold value, then the trivial susceptible pest-eradication periodic solution loses its stability, which is transferred to a newly emerging nontrivial periodic solution.     

具有脉冲效应和综合害虫控制的捕食系统

本文通过生物控制和化学控制提出了具有周期脉冲效应与害虫控制的捕食系统. 系统保护天敌避免灭绝,在一些条件下可以使害虫灭绝.就是说当脉冲周期小于某一临界值时,存在全局稳定害虫灭绝周期解.脉冲周期增大大于临界值时,平凡害虫灭绝周期解失去稳定性并产生正周期解,利用分支理论来研究正周期解的存在性.进而,利用李雅普诺夫函数和比较定理确定了持续生存的条件.     

基于脉冲微分方程研究具有竞争关系的捕食系统的持久性

基于脉冲微分方程理论,考虑到在现实生活中,种群内部和种群之间都存在相互竞争,故本文在捕食与被捕食系统中引入竞争关系,建立了具有Hassell-Varley功能性反应的一类食饵与一类捕食者系统.利用比较定理得到此系统的有界性和生物学家比较关注的系统持久性的充分条件,即定理3.1和定理3.2.最后本文对得到的结论进行了阐释,并给出了相应的生物学意义.     

A delayed epidemic model with stage-structure and pulses for pest management strategy

From a biological pest management standpoint, epidemic diseases models have become important tools in control of pest populations. This paper deals with an impulsive delay epidemic disease model with stage-structure and a general form of the incidence rate concerning pest control strategy, in which the pest population is subdivided into three subgroups: pest eggs, susceptible pests, infectious pests that do not attack crops. Using the discrete dynamical system determined by the stroboscopic map, we obtain the exact periodic susceptible pest-eradication solution of the system and observe that the susceptible pest-eradication periodic solution is globally attractive, provided that the amount of infective pests released periodically is larger than some critical value. When the amount of infective pests released is less than another critical value, the system is shown to be permanent, which implies that the trivial susceptible pest-eradication solution loses its attractivity. Our results indicate that besides the release amount of infective pests, the incidence rate, time delay and impulsive period can have great effects on the dynamics of our system.     

The dynamics of a mutual interference age structured predator-prey model with time delay and impulsive perturbations on predators

In this paper, we introduce a mutual interference age structured predator-prey (natural enemy-pest) model with constant maturation time delay for the prey, and then propose a pest management strategy by constant periodic releasing for the predator. We show that there exists a global attractive pest-eradication periodic solution when the periodic releasing amount μ₁ and μ₂ are lager than some critical value. Further, to obtain a more effective pest control strategy, we give the conditions (involving the estimate of μ₁ and μ₂) in which the model is uniformly permanent and the pest population is under the economic threshold level. We believe that the results will provide reliable tactic basis for the practical pest management.     

Dynamics analysis of a pest management prey–predator model by means of interval state monitoring and control

In this work, a new pest management strategy by means of interval state monitoring is introduced into a prey–predator model, i.e. when the pest density exceeds the slightly harmful level but is below the damage level, the biological control is adopted in case of the predator density below a maintainable level, once the pest density exceeds the damage level, the chemical control is adopted. In order to determine the frequency of the chemical control and yield of releases of the predator, analysis on the existence of order-1 or order-2 periodic orbit is carried out by the construction of Poincaré map. The results could make the pest control strategy to be a periodic one without real-time monitoring the species. In addition, the stability and attractiveness of the periodic orbit are obtained by geometry approach, which ensures a certain robustness of control, i.e., even though the species densities are detected inaccurately or with a deviation, the system will be eventually stable at the periodic orbit under the control action. Furthermore, to obtain the optimum chemical control strength and yield releases of the predator, an optimization problem is constructed. The analytical results presented in the work are validated by numerical simulations for a specific model.