International Journal of Pest Management (2007) 53, 59-67

Doo Hyung Lee, Jung-Joon Park, Joon-Ho Lee, Key-Il Shin and Kijong Cho (2007)
Evaluation of binomial sequential classification sampling plan for leafmine of Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in greenhouse tomatoes
International Journal of Pest Management 53 (1), 59-67
Abstract: Sequential binomial sampling plans for classifying the leafmine density of Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) were developed and evaluated in tomato greenhouses in southern Korea during 2003 - 2004. Two action thresholds (mAT), three and seven leafmines per tomato leaf, were set by examining the relationship between the leafmine density and the decrease in the tomato yield. An empirical P_T-m model, which is expressed as ln(−ln(1−P_T)) = γ + delta ln(m), was used to examine the relationship between the proportion of the infested tomato leaves (P_T) with at least T (tally threshold) leafmines and the mean leafmine density (m). The empirical model showed an improvement in the fit up to T = 5, which then stabilised at T > 5. Wald's sequential probability ratio test was used to formulate the sequential sampling stop lines relative to mAT = 3 and 7 with T = 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. The sampling plans were evaluated using the operating characteristic (OC) and the average sample number (ASN) functions. The robustness of the sampling plans improved with increasing T values but the improvements were negligible at T > 3. Simulation analysis with the OC and ASN functions indicated that a binomial model with T = 3 was optimal and less than 70 samples were required to classify the number of leafmines relative to either mAT values. Resampling simulation of eight independent data sets with T = 3 showed that the performance of the sampling plans was superior to that expected from the established OC and ASN functions. The correct classification rate was at least 99% and the matching sample size was <57.
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Database assignments for author(s): Joon-Ho Lee, Kijong Cho

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Liriomyza trifolii	Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)	Korea-South