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A fractional numerical study on a plant disease model with replanting and preventive treatment

Zuhur Alqahtani¹, Ahmed Eissa Hagag²

1 Department of Mathematical Science, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 105862, Riyadh 11656, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Basic Science, Faculty of Engineering, Sinai University, Ismailia, Egypt

Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería 2023, 39(3), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.23967/j.rimni.2023.07.001

Accepted 16 July 2023; Issue published 21 July 2023

Abstract

Food security has become a significant issue due to the growing human population. In this case, a significant role is played by agriculture. The essential foods are obtained mainly from plants. Plant diseases can, however, decrease both food production and its quality. Therefore, it is substantial to comprehend the dynamics of plant diseases as they can provide insightful information about the dispersal of plant diseases. In order to investigate the dynamics of plant disease and analyze the effects of strategies of disease control, a mathematical model can be applied. We show that this model provides the non-negative solutions that population dynamics requires. The model was investigated by using the Atangana-Baleanu in Caputo sense (ABC) operator which is symmetrical to the Caputo-Fabrizio (CF) operator with a different function. Whereas the ABC operator uses the generalized Mittag-Leffler function while the CF operator employs the exponential kernel. For the proposed model, we have displayed the local and global stability of a nonendemic and an endemic equilibrium, existence and uniqueness theorems. By applying the fractional Adams-Bashforth-Moulton method, we have implemented numerical solutions to illustrate the theoretical analysis.

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