Epidemiology of Plant Virus Diseases

Yvon Robert, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Le Rheu, France

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0000759

The epidemiology of plant virus diseases concerns the cyclical development of virus diseases within plant populations in time and space. It deals with how and why a virus is spread by vectors in an ecosystem and is fundamental to the choice and improvement of control methods in agriculture.

Keywords: virus; vectors; crops; weeds; cultural control

Figure 1. The factors involved in plant virus disease epidemiology, their main components and some of the significant interrelationships.
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Robert, Yvon(Apr 2001) Epidemiology of Plant Virus Diseases. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0000759]