Integrated pest management for Jatropha Carcus plant: An Impulsive
control approach
Abstract
In this research, an integrated pest management model using impulsive
differential equations has been investigated for Jatropha curcas
plantation to control its natural pests through relying on the release
of infective pest individuals and spraying of chemical pesticides. Using
Floquet’s theory and the small amplitude perturbation method, it is
obtained that there exists an asymptotically stable susceptible pest
eradication periodic solution when the release amount of infected pest
is larger than the critical maximum value (or strength of chemical
pesticide spraying is larger than some critical maximum value). Also, we
have established the permanence of the system. After comparison, it is
explored that integrated pest management is more effective than
biological control or chemical control. Finally, verify the analytical
results through numerical simulation.