Emerging risks to plant health: A European perspective

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pautasso, Marco ^a   Petter, Françoise ^b   Rortais, Agnès ^a   Roy, Anne Sophie ^b  

^a EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^b EPPO   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Forestry; Infectious diseases; Invasion ecology; Plant pathology; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964947998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR201510021     Document Type: Review

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