Modelling the impacts of pests and diseases on agricultural systems

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 213-224

  Donatelli, M ^a   Magarey, R D ^b   Bregaglio, S ^a   Willocquet, L ^c   Whish, J P M ^d   Savary, S ^c  

^a Agriculture and Environment Centre   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Model coupling; Model integration; Modelling frameworks; Process based models; Yield loss

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE; FARMING SYSTEM; PEST SPECIES; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PREDICTION; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 85011375078     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2017.01.019     Document Type: Article

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