The Threat of Plant Pathogens as Weapons Against U.S. Crops

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2003, Pages 155-176

  Madden, L V ^a   Wheelis, M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural vulnerability; Biological weapons; Bioterrorism; Crop biosecurity; Plant disease invasion; Plant disease persistence and spread; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CROP; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLANT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

BIOTERRORISM; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242574521     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.41.121902.102839     Document Type: Review

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