Author : Jürgen Kranz
Release : 2013-03-09
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 61X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Comparative Epidemiology of Plant Diseases by : Jürgen Kranz
Download or read book Comparative Epidemiology of Plant Diseases written by Jürgen Kranz. This book was released on 2013-03-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparison is a powerful cognitive research tool in science since it does "across studies" to evaluate similarities and differences, e.g. across taxa or diseases. This book deals with comparative research on plant disease epidemics. Comparisons are done in specifically designed experiments or with posterior analyses. From the apparently unlimited diversity of epidemics of hundreds of diseases, comparative epidemiology may eventually extract a number of basic types. These findings are very important to crop protection. Plant disease epidemiology, being the ecological branch of plant pathology, may also be of value to ecologists, but also epidemiologists in the areas of animal or human diseases may find interesting results, applicable to their areas of research.