Host growth can cause invasive spread of crops by soilborne pathogens.

Invasive soilborne plant pathogens cause substantial damage to crops and natural populations, but our understanding of how to prevent their epidemics or reduce their damage is limited. A key and experimentally-tested concept in the epidemiology of soilborne plant diseases is that of a threshold spac...

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Main Authors: Melen Leclerc, Thierry Doré, Christopher A Gilligan, Philippe Lucas, João A N Filipe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3648505?pdf=render