Parameter estimates for data from a retention period assay using a modified model of insect vector infectiousness (Model 2, S3 Appendix).

The model allowed insect vector infectiousness to vary across IAPs with zero infectiousness representing pathogen clearance. Mortality probabilities and peak vector efficiency were jointly estimated from summary data that comprised the number of cohorts that remained extant and test plants that became infected (Table 1) using Model 2. For additional posterior distributions representing percentage peak infectiousness and vector efficiency for each IAP, see Table B in S3 Appendix. See caption of Table 2 for further technical details.