the distribution pattern of pest population is one of the factors not only effects on sampling program and data analysis method, but also can be used to measure the density of pests and their natural enemies. thus, the spatial distribution pattern of the pea aphid, acyrthosiphon pisum harris (hem.: aphididae) and its two major predators, hippodamia variegata goeze (col.: coccinellidae) and cocc...

the sunn pest, eurygaster integriceps put. is an important pest of wheat in firozabad region of ardabil province, iran. in this study the spatial distribution of overwintered adult was investigated in rainfed wheat fields. then, fixed precision sequential sampling plan was developed and validated for estimating overwintered adult density. iwao's patchiness regression gave a better fit to d...

sunn pest, eurygaster integriceps put., is the most important pest of wheat and barley in most producing regions of iran, including lorestan province. spatial distribution and fixed precision sequential sampling plans of sunn pest by the use of two quadrate sizes 0.25 and 0.5 m2 were investigated in rainfed wheat fields in borujerd during 2004 and 2005. based on r square of regression, taylor&a...

ABSTRACT Blueberry fruit infected by Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi, the causal agent of mummy berry disease, are unsuitable for use in processed food products. Fruit shipments that exceed a disease incidence threshold of 0.5% are redirected to alternative markets with substantial reductions in economic return to the producer. Because of this low tolerance, a sampling procedure with defined stati...

The invasion of Spartina alterniflora significantly affected the local ecosystem of Western Pacific Ocean where Moerella iridescens lives. Five patches with different invasion stages of S. alterniflora were selected and the influence on distribution of M. iridescens was studied on the coast of Wenzhou Bay, China in 2007. The aggregated distribution pattern was proved by using Taylor&#39s power ...

population density and spatial distribution of thrips tabaci lindeman on seven soybean varieties (williams, tellar, sahar, dpx, l17, sari and zane) and one genotype (ks3494) were studied in tehran region, during 2007. the highest population density of the thrips per leaf was recorded on dpx and on ks3494 (0.810.05 and 0.800.05, respectively). the lowest population density was observed on l17 ...

We analyse the spatial structure of early developmental stages of three ecologically important small pelagic schooling species in the northwestern Mediterranean sea: the anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus, the round sardinella Sardinella aurita, and the sardine Sardina pilchardus. We used data on egg and larval abundance (arranged by development stage), hydrographic data and potential prey biomass ...