The Evidential Basis of Decision Making in Plant Disease Management

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2017, Pages 41-59

  Hughes, Gareth ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes' rule; Likelihood ratios; Risk; Risk factors; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; PLANT DISEASE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; THERAPY;

AGRICULTURE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 85027016086     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: 15452107     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080516-035342     Document Type: Article

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