Spatial heterogeneity of leaf wetness duration in apple trees and its influence on performance of a warning system for sooty blotch and flyspeck

Plant Disease

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-170

  Batzer, J C ^a   Gleason, M L ^a   Taylor, S E ^a   Koehler, K J ^b   Monteiro, J E B A ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Microclimate

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

APPLE TREES; FLY SPECK; MICROCLIMATE; SOOTY BLOTCH;

DISEASES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; POACEAE;

EID: 37349031056     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-92-1-0164     Document Type: Article

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