Sustainable agriculture and plant diseases: An epidemiological perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1492, 2008, Pages 741-759

  Gilligan, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop mosaics; Economic models; Epidemiological model; Genetical, chemical and biological control; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEST CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 40949146927     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2181     Document Type: Review

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