Australian Journal of Ecology (1976) 1, 265-274

W.L. Sterling (1976)
Sequential decision plans for the management of cotton arthropods in south-east Queensland
Australian Journal of Ecology 1 (4), 265-274
Abstract: A pest management plan for cotton insects is outlined, which is essentially based on three sets of sequential sampling plans. These plans utilise the binomial sampling theory and are tied to treatment levels assessed for three phases in the phenology of the cotton plant: plant establishment, fruit formation, and boll growth/maturation. The nature of grasshopper damage, e.g. by Austracris guttulosa, is discussed, and the treatment level for grasshopper control is assessed generally as 90% or less undamaged plants or fruiting branches. The plans provide a known level of accuracy in making management decisions.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied from Acridological Abstracts with permission by NRI, Univ. of Greenwich at Medway.)
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution
thresholds/decision-support systems

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Austracris guttulosa	Cotton (Gossypium)	Australia (NT+QLD)