Tracking the potato late blight pathogen in the atmosphere using unmanned aerial vehicles and Lagrangian modeling

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-260

  Aylor, Donald E ^a   Schmale, David G ^b   Shields, Elson J ^c   Newcomb, Maria ^b   Nappo, Carmen J ^d  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d CJN Research Meteorology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Atmospheric spore transport; Disease forecasting; Inoculum source strength; Modeling; Phytophthora infestans; Potato late blight; Spore dispersal; Turbulence; Upper air sampling

Indexed keywords

AEROBIOLOGY; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE SPREAD; DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL DISEASE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTATO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORE; TRACKING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78650184888     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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