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. 2019 Oct 30;27(1):401–406. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2019.10.010

Table 2.

Comparative efficacy of different optical devices for red palm weevil infestation detection at different heights of date palm trunk above ground level at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Devices Red palm weevil infestation detection accuracy assessment at different heights of date palm trunk
n 20 cm n 100 cm n 150 cm
Actual 31 100 ± 0.0a 31 100 ± 0.0a 31 100 ± 0.0a
Radar 2000 41 73 ± 7b 33 72 ± 8a 23 91 ± 6ab
Radar 900 9 78 ± 15ab 3 67 ± 33a 3 67 ± 33b
Resistograph 25 76 ± 9ab 21 62 ± 11a 13 85 ± 10ab

Means followed by the same letter in same column were not significantly different at α: 0.05. n = number of date palm trees observed.