Statistical tree classification of aphids based on morphological characteristics

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-175

  Zintzaras, E ^a   Margaritopoulos, J T ^a   Tsitsipis, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aphid morphology; Classification trees; Discriminant analysis

Indexed keywords

APHID; CLONE; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

APHIDS MORPHOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION STATISTICAL TREE METHOD; FISHER LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

APHID; CLASSIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY; TREE;

EID: 0033369708     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(99)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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