Beet: Pest Management Simulation for a Sugar Beet Crop

Synopsis
A pest and disease management game, in which players manage a farm fo 120 ha for 15 years. It uses sugar beet as a case study to teach the diseases of a specific crop and explore its pest management strategy, and also to give a wider understanding of the value of information and to experience and practise decision making in a stochastic environment. Approximately 10 hours of teaching material.
Series
Mertal Courseware
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Multimedia; Computer program. Floppy disk. PC Windows version only.
Year of production
1995
Availability
Sale; 1996 sale: £30.00 (inclusive)
Notes
Available to UK higher education institutions.
Documentation
Accompanying print material.
Uses
Courses in crop protection and crop biology.
Subjects
Agriculture; Environmental science
Keywords
computer-assisted learning; crop management; crops; sugar beet; Teaching & Learning Technology Programme

Distribution Formats

Type
CD-ROM

Distributor

Name

University of Aberdeen, Centre for CBL in Land Use and Environmental Sciences (CLUES)

Email
clues@abdn.ac.uk
Web
http://www.clues/abdn.ac.uk:8080/ External site opens in new window
Phone
01224 273755
Address
King’s College
Aberdeen
AB24 5UA
Notes
Contact: John Milne (for LUCIE progject (7/97)

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