An expert system for the management of Botrytis cinerea in Australian vineyards. I. Development

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Agricultural Systems

Volume 56, Issue 2, February 1998, Pages 185-207

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Abstract

An expert system was developed with the aim of improving decision-making by grape growers in their management of Botrytis cinerea. Knowledge was obtained from the refereed literature on B. cinerea and also from the more general literature on plant pathology and viticulture. The decision to apply a fungicide was based on estimated disease risk, economic threshold, and duration of protective cover provided by fungicides. Up to six factors were used to estimate disease risk. These were ‘Growth Stage’, ‘Conidial Infection’, ‘Mycelial Infection’, ‘Injury’, ‘Symptoms’ and ‘Cultivar Susceptibility’. The economic threshold depended on whether grapes were destined for premium or bulk wine, and length of protective cover of a fungicide was estimated from use patterns advocated on product labels. The knowledge was structured into a dependency network of objects, with the object determining the need to apply a fungicide at the apex of the network. The knowledge was then represented in the knowledge base of the expert system in a series of IF-THEN rules.

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An expert system for the management of Botrytis cinerea in Australian vineyards. I. Development

Abstract

Revue Suisse de Viticulture, d'Arboriculture et d'Horticulture

Plant Pathology

Major Wine Grape Varieties of Australia

Development and structure of infection cushions of Botrytis cinerea

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Etude en microscopie electronique à balayage des rapports entre l'hôte et le parasite dans les cas de la pourriture grise

Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Académie des Sciences, D Paris

Une réflexion sur les mécanismes morphologiques et biochimiques de l'interaction vigne-Botrytis

Bulletin de l'O.I.V.

Caractères et développement des exsudats au cours de la maturation du raisin

Une réflexion sur les mécanismes morphologiques et biochimiques de l'interaction vigne-Botrytis

Bulletin de l'O.I.V.

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Grape Varieties of South Australia

Expert Systems: Principles and Practice

On a form of Botrytis cinerea with colourless sclerotia

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences

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