Plant disease: A threat to global food security

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2005, Pages 83-116

  Strange, Richard N ^a   Scott, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Developing countries; Genetic diversity; Pathogen identification; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; CROP; GENETICS; HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; PLANT DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH;

EMBRYOPHYTA; VIROIDS;

EID: 24944498493     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.43.113004.133839     Document Type: Review

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