Parameter estimates.

<p>^<i>a</i>Specified with reference to Cook <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-Cook2" target="_blank">[48]</a> and Waage et al. <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-Waage1" target="_blank">[49]</a> using distributions defined in Biosecurity Australia <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-Biosecurity1" target="_blank">[50]</a>;</p><p>^<i>b</i>See country-specific Ug99 establishment indexes in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone-0026084-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a> derived from Paini et al. <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-Paini1" target="_blank">[37]</a> and interpreted here as establishment probabilities;</p><p>^<i>c</i>Derived from Sapoukhina et al. <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-Sapoukhina1" target="_blank">[51]</a>;</p><p>^<i>d</i>FAO <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-FAO1" target="_blank">[46]</a>. Note 1ha = 10 000 m² ;</p><p>^<i>e</i>Specified with reference to FAPRI <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-FAPRI1" target="_blank">[52]</a>;</p><p>^<i>f</i>International Monetary Fund <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-InternationalMonetary1" target="_blank">[53]</a>;</p><p>^<i>g</i>Based on time taken for crop removal (see <i>^h</i>, below) and hourly wages (US$) for rural workers from U.S. Department of State <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-US1" target="_blank">[47]</a> provided in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone-0026084-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a>;</p><p>^<i>h</i>Assumes zero compensation following crop destruction, and transport, disposal and chemical costs amounting to US$10,800 per hectare. This is inclusive of labour (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone-0026084-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a>), machinery ($100/hr at approximately 20 minutes per hectare depending on yield, soil, terrain, etc.), truck hire ($75/hr), incendiaries ($6/ha for green waste) and creation of a circular chemical buffer zone approximately 10 hectares in diameter around previously infected sites. Chemical used is assumed to be <i>Folicur 430</i> (or equivalent, e.g. <i>Impact 250</i>, <i>Tilt 250</i> or <i>Triad 125</i>) applied at a rate of 145–290 mL/ha, costing $20–40/ha and taking 6 minutes per hectare to apply);</p><p>^<i>i</i>Estimate without biosecurity measures derived from Oerke and Dehne <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-Oerke1" target="_blank">[6]</a> and Oerke <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0026084#pone.0026084-Oerke2" target="_blank">[8]</a>, while the with biosecurity measures estimate implies an arbitrary reduction in post-harvest losses of Pert(1%, 5%, 9%).