A simple Bayesian network to interpret the accuracy of armyworm outbreak forecasts

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-146

  Holt, J ^a   Mushobozi, W ^b   Day, R K ^c   Knight, J D ^d   Kimani, M ^c   Njuki, J ^c,e   Musebe, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Tanzania)

^c CAB International   (Kenya)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Community based forecasting; Conditional probability; Crop protection; Spodoptera exempta; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MOTH; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXEMPTA;

EID: 33646476743     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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