Plant architecture, its diversity and manipulation in agronomic conditions, in relation with pest and pathogen attacks

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 455-470

  Costes, E ^a   Lauri, P E ^a   Simon, S ^b   Andrieu, B ^c,d  

^a UMR AGAP   (France)

^b UERI   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

Author keywords

Branching; Disease; Flowering transition; Growth; Ontogeny; Pest; Reiteration

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROCLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONTOGENY; PATHOLOGY; PEST RESISTANCE; PEST SPECIES; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOOT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; TOPOLOGY; WHEAT;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84873748805     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-012-0158-3     Document Type: Review

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