Plant disease epidemiology: facing challenges of the 21st Century Under the aegis of an International Plant Disease Epidemiology Workshop held at Landernau, France, 10–15th April, 2005 /

• Main Authors: Savary, S. (Author), Cooke, B. M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant pathology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Pathology.

Plant disease epidemiology deals with diseases in plant populations. During the past century, it has become a vibrant field of science, achieving significant conceptual innovations with an important impact on the management of plant diseases. Plant disease epidemiology mobilises concepts and methods...

Table of Contents:

• Botanical epidemiology:some key advances and its continuing role in disease management
• Framework development in plant disease risk assessment and its application
• Ecological genomics and epidemiology
• The practical considerations of scale in plant pathology
• Trends in theoretical plant epidemiology
• Establishing priorities for plant science research and developing world food security
• Disease assessment concepts and the advancements made in improving the accuracy and precision of plant disease data
• Relation between soil health, wave-like fluctuations in microbial populations,and soil-borne plant disease management
• Patterns and management of crop multiple pathosystems.