Optimising and communicating options for the control of invasive plant disease when there is epidemiological uncertainty.

Although local eradication is routinely attempted following introduction of disease into a new region, failure is commonplace. Epidemiological principles governing the design of successful control are not well-understood. We analyse factors underlying the effectiveness of reactive eradication of loc...

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Main Authors: Nik J Cunniffe, Richard O J H Stutt, R Erik DeSimone, Tim R Gottwald, Christopher A Gilligan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-04-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4395213?pdf=render