Modelling the dynamics of a plant pathogen and a biological control agent in relation to flowering pattern and populations present on leaves

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 313, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-28

  Jeger, M J ^a   Xu, X M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Epidemiological model; Flower diseases; Invasion thresholds

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; BIOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; ORCHARDS; PATHOGENS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL MECHANISMS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELING; FLOWERING PHENOLOGY; INVASION THRESHOLDS; POPULATION DENSITIES; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MYCOPARASITE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DENSITY;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA;

EID: 84947234602     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.06.015     Document Type: Article

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