The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An introduction to plant disease epidemiology....Pages 3-13
Plant disease diagnosis....Pages 14-41
Disease assessment and yield loss....Pages 42-72
Surveys of variation in pathogen populations and their application to disease control....Pages 73-102
Infection strategies....Pages 103-122
Epidemiological consequences of plant disease resistance....Pages 123-137
Dispersal of foliar fungal plant pathogens: mechanisms, gradients and spatial patterns....Pages 138-160
Pathogen population dynamics....Pages 161-180
Disease progress in time: modelling and data analysis....Pages 181-206
Disease forecasting....Pages 207-230
Diversification strategies....Pages 231-259
Epidemiology in sustainable systems....Pages 260-277
Information technology in epidemiology....Pages 278-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Seedborne diseases....Pages 295-307
Diseases caused by soilborne pathogens....Pages 308-322
Wind-dispersed diseases....Pages 323-347
Rain-splash and spore dispersal: a physical perspective....Pages 348-370
Potato late blight....Pages 371-388
Apple scab: role of environment in pathogen and epidemic development....Pages 389-403
Onion diseases....Pages 404-422
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
The current pandemic of cassava mosaic virus disease in Uganda....Pages 423-443
Back Matter....Pages 445-460