Spatiotemporal variation in airborne sporangia of Phytophthora infestans: Characterization and initiatives towards improving potato late blight risk estimation

Plant Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 178-190

  Fall, M L ^a   Van der Heyden, H ^b   Brodeur, L ^b   Leclerc, Y ^c   Moreau, G ^c   Carisse, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Compagnie de recherche Phytodata Inc ^*  (Canada)

^c McCain Foods Limited   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airborne sporangia; Area under the inoculum progress curve; Decision support system; Spatial variation; Spore sampling network

Indexed keywords

PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84921553624     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12235     Document Type: Article

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