38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology

August 7-11, 2005  Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A
   

Methods for analysis of data from bioassays with insect pathogens

James E. Throne
USDA-ARS Grain Marketing and Production Research Center, Manhattan KS 66502

Methods for analyzing data from dose-response and time-response bioassays with insect pathogens will be presented. Topics will include dose (or time) selection, number of replications and number of individuals to test per replication (and what to do with replications in analyses), computer programs available for analyzing data, how to compare responses to different treatments, and what to report in publications. Examples and interpretation of complete analyses of dose-response and time-response bioassay data will be discussed. The talk is part of a workshop, so the format will encourage questions about these topics and related topics during the talk and discussion among workshop participants.

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