Table 4.

Number of replications needed to obtain a significant difference test or to reject the hypothesis of non-equivalence with limits ½ and 2, with probability 80% when the quotient of the mean of the GMO and the comparator equals Θ for data which have a Poisson distribution with mean μ for the comparator and mean Θμ for the GM plant.

Θ	μ = 1	μ = 2	μ = 5	μ = 10	μ = 20	μ = 40
Replications for Difference test, Θ
1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–
1.2	≥40	≥40	≥40	≥40	22	12
1.4	≥40	≥40	24	13	6	≤4
1.6	≥40	28	12	6	≤4	≤4
1.8	36	18	7	≤4	≤4	≤4
2.0	24	12	5	≤4	≤4	≤4
Replications for Equivalence test, Θ
1.0	≥40	20	8	5	≤4	≤4
1.2	≥40	26	11	6	≤4	≤4
1.4	≥40	≥40	20	10	5	≤4
1.6	≥40	≥40	≥40	23	12	6
1.8	≥40	≥40	≥40	≥40	≥40	23
2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–