Assessing expected utility and profitability to support decision-making for disease control strategies in ornamental heather production.

ABSTRACT: Many farmers hesitate to adopt new management strategies with actual or perceived risks and uncertainties. Especially in ornamental plant production, farmers often stick to current production strategies to avoid the risk of economically harmful plant losses, even though they may recognize the need to optimize farm management. This work focused on the economically important and little-researched production system of ornamental heather (Calluna vulgaris) to help farmers find appropriate measures to sustainably improve resource use, plant quality, and profitability despite existing risks. Probabilistic cost-benefit analysis was applied to simulate alternative disease monitoring strategies. The outcomes for more intensive visual monitoring, as well as sensor-based monitoring using hyper

SUBMITTER: Ruett M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9124294 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature