Toward a reliable evaluation of forecasting systems for plant diseases: A case study using Fusarium head blight of wheat

Plant Disease

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 889-896

  Landschoot, S ^a,b   Waegeman, W ^a   Audenaert, K ^a,b   Vandepitte, J ^a   Haesaert, G ^a,b   de Baets, B ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84930476203     PISSN: 01912917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-08-11-0665     Document Type: Article

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