Relationships between climatic conditions and potato late blight epidemic in Egypt during winter seasons 1999-2001

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 159-172

  Fahim, M A ^a   Hassanien, M K ^a   Mostafa, M H ^b  

^a Agricultural Research Centre   (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Environmental conditions; Epidemic disease; Phytophthora infestans

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844261329     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/01159172     Document Type: Article

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