Potential economic impact of laurel wilt disease on the Florida avocado industry

HortTechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 234-238

  Evans, Edward A ^a   Crane, Jonathan ^a   Hodges, Alan ^b   Osborne, Jason L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Miami Dade County   (United States)

Author keywords

Input output model; Mangifera indica; P. americana var. guatemalensis; P. borbonia; P. palustris; Persea americana var. americana; Raffaelea lauricola; Redbay ambrosia beetle; Sassafras albidum; Xyleborus glabratus

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; COLEOPTERA; MANGIFERA INDICA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PERSEA BORBONIA; PLATYPODINI; RAFFAELEA; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM; XYLEBORUS;

EID: 77950346692     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.20.1.234     Document Type: Article

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