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APPROACHES TO ASSESSING INSECTICIDE EFFICACY IN SPRUCE BUDWORM (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE) CONTROL PROGRAMS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Gary A. Simmons  and
Chao W. Chen
Gary A. Simmons
Affiliation:
University of Maine, Orono
Chao W. Chen
Affiliation:
University of Maine, Orono
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Abstract

Two-sample and four-sample methods of assessing insecticidal control efficacy are explored. Respective indices of survival and mortality including methods of constructing confidence intervals and minimizing bias are discussed. Procedures for determining the number of samples required for specified statistical limits are presented

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 11 , November 1975 , pp. 1205 - 1209
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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