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Factors influencing the effects of host diversity on plant disease epidemics for wheat stripe rust and potato late blight

Creator:

Garrett, Karen A.

Abstract:

Most studies of plant disease epidemiology have focused on epidemics in host populations composed of a single genotype. But crop plant diversity can be a useful means of improving the deployment of resistance genes. In a series of experiments with wheat stripe rust and potato late blight, we studied factors...

Resource Type:

Dissertation