Development of Real Time Monitoring and Trapping System for Rice Black Bug

Authors

  • Renzdolf Villanueva

Keywords:

Pest management, rice black bug, trapping system, real-time monitoring

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The impulsively fluctuating climatic conditions and the supplementary effects demand the protection of forestry and cultivation. Pests, bugs, and insects are the main issues that distress the development of crops. Eventually, monitoring and trapping of bugs becomes a more challenging task. The traditional human operators execute surveys of the traps dispersed over the field at regular intervals. This encompasses more work, requires considerable time, and is not consistent. It is not effective on economic grounds too. These limitations in the existing systems call for automation with affordable cost.

 

METHODS

The Real-Time Monitoring and Trapping System for Rice Black Bug, serves as a unique way of trapping and monitoring which identifies the level of infestation. The project was developed using trapping mechanisms consisting of different stages. The electronic principal components is essential for the identification of the required data to be send trough SMS Notification. Some of the data reflected are time, date, location, and the number of the rice black bugs. The system runs in different weather conditions in the Philippines.

 

RESULTS

Effective pest trapping will be highly favorable to the farmers while capturing and sending the images of pests will be helpful for further analysis in agricultural fields. Moreover, this will be definitely helpful in reducing the usage of pesticides since automatic trapping is efficient and effective. A statistical analysis is made on the probable time of high pest population and a trap with three layers of different thickness is designed to capture various sizes of prominent pests. A low cost image sensor is used to capture the images of trapped pests and the images are sent to a remote control station. The information thus acquired enhances the estimation of pest concentrations in farms. The system device was evaluated by a thirty experts using the TUP Evaluation Instrument for Prototypes. The system device was rated outstanding by the respondents.

 

DISCUSSIONS

The next evolution in pest management is the use of insect traps to monitor and reduce the insect populations. Therefore, using the collected information the system device can suggest farmers to use appropriate pesticides and insecticides for their crops. This reduces the effects of harmful chemicals on soil and improves the soil quality without compromising on the yield.

Published

2019-01-18