The use and role of predictive systems in disease management

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 267-289

  Gent, David H ^a,b   Mahaffee, Walter F ^a,b   McRoberts, Neil ^c   Pfender, William F ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion theory; Disease control; Disease forecasting; IPM adoption; Plant pathogen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CROP; FORECASTING; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; RISK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT DISEASES; RISK;

EID: 84881418434     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-082712-102356     Document Type: Article

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