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ByeongJoon Kim1,2, Seung Cheon Hong1, Daniel Egger3
1Center for Integrated Pest Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Abstract:
The present study investigates U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection records in the Agricultural Quarantine Activity System database to estimate the probability of quarantine pests on propagative plant materials imported from various countries of origin and to develop a methodology ranking the risk of country-commodity combinations based on quarantine pest interceptions. Data collected from October 2014 to January 2016 were used for developing predictive models and validation study. A generalized linear model with Bayesian inference and a generalized linear mixed effects model were used to compare the interception rates of quarantine pests on different country-commodity combinations. Prediction ability of generalized linear mixed effects models was greater than that of generalized linear models. The estimated pest interception probability and confidence interval for each country-commodity combination was categorized into one of four compliance levels: "High," "Medium," "Low," and "Poor/Unacceptable," Using K-means clustering analysis. This study presents risk-based categorization for each country-commodity combination based on the probability of quarantine pest interceptions and the uncertainty in that assessment.
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