Developing Solar-Powered Light Insect Trapper with Light Sensor

Christian Jay  Bautista,; Abegail   Dumrique,; Eric  Saludares,; Exodos John   Tolentino,; Jan Carlo  Tubayan,; Janaree Leamar   Sesbreno,; Kishen Chea  Cabansag,; Leenardvan  Verganio,; Mariah Francess  Ballucanag,; Mark Allen  Lopez,; Trish Ashley  Falceso,; Vanessa Jane  Gascon,

Developing Solar-Powered Light Insect Trapper with Light Sensor

Discipline: planning (urban, rural and regional)

Abstract:

Insect pests cause the highest crop production losses globally, and pest management is crucial in ensuring food security and farm income. Chemical pesticides are often used for control of insect pests but they are harmful to human health, the environment, and biodiversity and pest resistance to pesticides is acquired over time by pests due to excessive and frequent use of pesticides. Due to the ban on many insecticides over human and environmental health concerns, new strategies should be adopted. Insect pests cause major crop losses in agriculture worldwide, and many of them are vectors for animal and human diseases. Therefore, the improvisation of an effective solar-powered light insect trap will help in the proliferation of harmful insects that destroy the plants of farmers. The improvised solar-powered light insect trap could address the problems of farmers in reducing the harmful insects that destroy the plants. The study shows that the violet (UV light) solar-powered insect trapper emerged as the most effective and attractive in trapping insects. The study found that the color of the solar-powered light insect trapper plays an important role in attracting insects, with UV light showing significantly better performance compared to yellow, white, and blue lights. However, when considering the time factor, the statistical analysis did not show a significant difference in the number of trapped insects between the first and second hours.

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