BACKGROUND: The within- and between-plant distribution of the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), was investigated in order to define action thresholds based on leaf infestation and to propose enumerative and binomial sequential sampling plans for pest management applications in protected crops. RESULTS: The pest spatial distribution was aggregated between plants, and median leaves were the most suitable sample to evaluate the pest density. Action thresholds of 36 and 48%, 43 and 56% and 60 and 73% infested leaves, corresponding to economic thresholds of 1 and 3% damaged fruits, were defined for tomato cultivars with big, medium and small fruits respectively. Green's method was a more suitable enumerative sampling plan as it required a lower sampling effort. Binomial sampling plans needed lower average sample sizes than enumerative plans to make a treatment decision, with probabilities of error of <0.10. CONCLUSIONS: The enumerative sampling plan required 87 or 343 leaves to estimate the population density in extensive or intensive ecological studies respectively. Binomial plans would be more practical and efficient for control purposes, needing average sample sizes of 17, 20 and 14 leaves to take a pest management decision in order to avoid fruit damage higher than 1% in cultivars with big, medium and small fruits respectively.

Spatial distribution and sequential sampling plans for Tuta absoluta Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in greenhouse tomato crops / Cocco, Arturo; Serra, G; Lentini, Andrea; Deliperi, S; Delrio, G.. - In: PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. - ISSN 1526-498X. - 71:(2015), pp. 1311-1323. [10.1002/ps.3931]

Spatial distribution and sequential sampling plans for Tuta absoluta Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in greenhouse tomato crops

COCCO, Arturo;LENTINI, Andrea;
2015-01-01

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The within- and between-plant distribution of the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), was investigated in order to define action thresholds based on leaf infestation and to propose enumerative and binomial sequential sampling plans for pest management applications in protected crops. RESULTS: The pest spatial distribution was aggregated between plants, and median leaves were the most suitable sample to evaluate the pest density. Action thresholds of 36 and 48%, 43 and 56% and 60 and 73% infested leaves, corresponding to economic thresholds of 1 and 3% damaged fruits, were defined for tomato cultivars with big, medium and small fruits respectively. Green's method was a more suitable enumerative sampling plan as it required a lower sampling effort. Binomial sampling plans needed lower average sample sizes than enumerative plans to make a treatment decision, with probabilities of error of <0.10. CONCLUSIONS: The enumerative sampling plan required 87 or 343 leaves to estimate the population density in extensive or intensive ecological studies respectively. Binomial plans would be more practical and efficient for control purposes, needing average sample sizes of 17, 20 and 14 leaves to take a pest management decision in order to avoid fruit damage higher than 1% in cultivars with big, medium and small fruits respectively.
2015
Spatial distribution and sequential sampling plans for Tuta absoluta Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in greenhouse tomato crops / Cocco, Arturo; Serra, G; Lentini, Andrea; Deliperi, S; Delrio, G.. - In: PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. - ISSN 1526-498X. - 71:(2015), pp. 1311-1323. [10.1002/ps.3931]
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