Table 4 Association between seasonal beetle catches of the field and the probability of the next establishment of wireworm populations.

From: The use of click beetle pheromone traps to optimize the risk assessment of wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) maize damage

Species and Monitoring year

Adults thresholds (No.)

Larvae thresholds (No.)

No. of records

Range of damage probability

Mean damage probability

RR (high vs. low)

SE

95% CI

Wald χ–square

P χ–square test

A. brevis Y-1

≤210 (low)

≤1

110

0.02–0.13

0.03

74

75.2

10.1–542.3

17.94

<0.001

>1

1

>210 (high)

≤1

4

0.16–0.93

0.45

>1

8

A. sordidus Y-1

≤1,100 (low)

≤2

83

0.025–0.028

0.027

Not est.

    

>2

3

>1,100 (high)

≤2

27

0.021–0.025

0.024

>2

0

A. ustulatus Y-2*

≤1,000 (low)

≤5

60

0.01–0.05

0.02

20.33

26.12

1.64–252.17

5.5

0.019

>5

1

>1,000 (high)

≤5

2

0.33–0.41

0.37

>5

1

  1. RR = Relative Risk; SE: standard error; CI = Confidence Interval; Not est. = not estimable; *empiric threshold for adults.