Challenges in adaptation of plant disease warning systems to new locations: Re-appraisal of Billing's integrated system for predicting fire blight in a warm dry environment

Phytopathology

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1036-1039

  Billing, Eve ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548822461     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-97-9-1036     Document Type: Article

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