Decision Making in the Practice of Plant Disease Management

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Madden, L. V., Hughes, G. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2007. Decision Making in the Practice of Plant Disease Management. in: The Study of Plant Disease Epidemics American Phytopathological Society (APS). pp. 319-351

AuthorsMadden, L. V., Hughes, G. and Van Den Bosch, F.
Abstract

In the practice of disease management, the challenges faced by decision makers are many and various. We outline two approaches to evidence-based decision making that have application in disease management. First, sampling as a basis for decision making is discussed. The purpose of sampling is to gather information on disease intensity. This information is the evidence on which a decision about the need for some appropriate control action can be based. Sampling a crop for the purpose of deciding whether or not treatment is required entails classification of observed disease intensity in relation to some pre-specified critical intensity (threshold). This is not the same as sampling a crop for the purpose of estimating disease intensity. The theory of sampling for the purpose of classification has been developed most extensively in the area of statistical quality control. In this chapter, we concentrate our discussion on methodology for sampling disease incidence data, because sampling for counts is already so widely discussed in the economic entomology literature.

Chapter topics include:

Decision Making in Disease Management

Acceptance Sampling Preliminaries

Designing a Sampling Plan with a Specified Curve

Zero Acceptance Number Sampling Plans

Sequential Sampling for Classification

Risk Algorithms as a Basis for Decision Making

Predicting the Need for Treatment

Page range319-351
Year of Publication2007
Book titleThe Study of Plant Disease Epidemics
PublisherAmerican Phytopathological Society (APS)
ISBN978-0-89054-505-8
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1094/9780890545058.011
Open accessPublished as non-open access
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Print2007

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