Effects of meteorological factors on the levels of Alternaria spores on a potato crop

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-252

  Escuredo, Olga ^a   Seijo, Maria Carmen ^a   Fernández González, Maria ^a   Iglesias, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternaria; ARIMA; Meteorological factor; Potato crop

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CROP; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOLOGY; POTATO; SPAIN;

ALTERNARIA; CLIMATE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPAIN; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79952008716     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0330-4     Document Type: Article

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