一个光学系统用于检测,监视和杀死人类和作物病原体的飞行昆虫载体

Joseph M Patt1, Arty Makagon2, Bryan Norton2

  • 1United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Pierce, FL, 34945, USA. joseph.patt@usda.gov.

Scientific reports
|April 8, 2024
PubMed
概括

光子 (PF) 系统使用激光识别和消除蚊子等飞行昆虫载体. 这项技术为控制携带疾病的昆虫提供了一个无化学品的替代方案.

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