Iowa State: Combining Math and Entomology to Predict, Mitigate Soybean Aphid Outbreaks
October 20, 2023
October 20, 2023
AMES, Iowa, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
At a chalkboard in his office, Rana Parshad draws a vertical y-axis for aphids and a horizontal x-axis for time. Under an exponential growth model, the associate professor of mathematics at Iowa State University explains aphids multiply quickly and indefinitely. He represents this by dragging the chalk into a sharp, upward curve.
But reality is more complicated, says Parshad. Aphid . . .
At a chalkboard in his office, Rana Parshad draws a vertical y-axis for aphids and a horizontal x-axis for time. Under an exponential growth model, the associate professor of mathematics at Iowa State University explains aphids multiply quickly and indefinitely. He represents this by dragging the chalk into a sharp, upward curve.
But reality is more complicated, says Parshad. Aphid . . .