Modelling the emergence dynamics of the western corn rootworm beetle (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera)

The western corn rootworm is an invasive species to Europe and is a major agricultural pest that causes widespread economic and yield losses to maize producers. The Gompertz curve was originally used to model human population mortality. It is a sigmoidal curve where the beginning and end of a period shows the slowest time for growth, and adequately describes observed dynamics of many phenomena. We propose the use of the Gompertz function in a Bayesian Hierarchical framework to model the emergence dynamics of the western corn rootworm beetle. The proposed model includes the use of climatic variables to assess how weather can influence the observed dynamics. We apply the model to Austrian monitoring data collected in 2004–2015.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  Scientific Reports

• Publication date

  2022-02-11

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1038/s41598-022-05032-1PMID 35149696PMCID 8837793
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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