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Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Soilborne Pathogens

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Epidemics of Plant Diseases

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 13))

Abstract

Soilborne plant pathogens have certain distinctive ecological features. These have attracted and influenced experimental investigations that have resulted in the publication of a distinctive literature on the ecology of soilborne plant pathogens (Baker and Snyder, 1965; Garrett, 1970). This in turn has resulted in the exploration and construction of a theoretical framework for subterranean epidemics that differs in history and emphasis from that of aerial epidemics. The differences are typified most notably by the attention focused on the reservoir of inoculum in soil and the role of the host in contacting inoculum and spreading disease. The appearance of a separate identity for epidemiological modeling of soilborne pathogens is reinforced by the inflow of ideas from nematology (Barker and Noe, 1988), from mycorrhizal system (Harley and Smith, 1983) and from morphological and physiological concepts for root growth (Bowen and Rovira, 1976; Huisman, 1982). But the distinction is not rigid. Undoubtedly, many of the standard analytical techniques and models of plant disease epidemiology, discussed elsewhere in this volume, are equally applicable to subterranean as to aerial systems. Similarly, concepts such as inoculum potential, which were developed principally for edaphic systems (Garett, 1970), can also be applied to pathogens above ground (Bashi et al., 1982).

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