Professors Dr. Sergio Antonio de Bortoli and Alessandra Marieli Vacari

Description

Planning and conduct of bioassays in entomology; Basic commands and procedures for using SAS and SigmaPlot; Interpretation of measures that describe a population: mean, percentage, variance, confidence interval, standard deviation, and standard error; Regression as a foundation for Probit analysis, functional response, and thermal requirement; Frequency analysis in choice experiments (behavior and others); Probit analysis for determining lethal dose and time in pesticide efficacy and selectivity tests; Functional response to assess efficiency and preference of natural enemies; Fertility life table and use of parameters to estimate population growth (continuous and logistic growth models); Survival analysis of populations; Nonparametric analysis; Interpretation of results.

References

• BANZATTO, D.A.; KRONKA, S.N. Experimentação agrícola. 4a ed. Funep, 2013, 237p.
• BARBIN, D. Planejamento e análise estatística de experimentos agronômicos. Editora Macenas, 2013, 214p.
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• BINNS, M.R.; DER WERF, W. VAN; NYROP, J.P. Sampling and monitoring in crop protection: the theoretical basis for designing practical decision guide. CABI International, 2000.284p.
• BOROOAH, V.K. Logit and Probit: ordered and multinomial models. Corwin Press, 2001. 97p.
• CODY, R.P.; CODY, R.; SMITH, J. Applied statistics and the SAS programming language. Prentice Hall, 1997.445p.
• HASSELL, M.P. The dynamics of arthropod predator-prey systems. Princeton University Press, 237p. 1978.237p.
• JULIANO, S.A. Nonlinear curve fitting: predation and functional response curves. pp. 159-182. In: SCHEINER, S.M.; GUREVITCH, J. (eds.). Design and analysis of ecological experiments. Chapman and Hall, p.159-182. 1993.
• KREBS, C.J. Ecological methodology. 2nd ed. Cummings, 1998.628p.
• KLEIN, J.P.; MOESCHBERGER, M.L. Survival analysis: techniques for censored and truncated data. 2nd ed., Springer, 2003.536p.
• MONTGOMERY, D.C. Design and analysis of experiments. 8th ed. Wiley, 2012, 752p.
• PEDIGO, L.P.; ZEISS, M.R. Analyses in insect ecology and management. Iowa State University Press, 1996.168p.

Credits: 4

Workload: 60h

Evaluation Criteria: Seminar and final project.