Epidemics of Plant Diseases Mathematical Analysis and Modeling [Paperback]

In this volume experts present the latest status of mathematical and statistical methods in use for the analysis and modeling of plant disease epidemics. Topics treated are - methods in multivariate analyses, ordination and classification, - modeling of temporal and spatial aspects of air- and soilborne diseases, - methods to analyse and describe competition among subpopulations, e.g. pathogen races and - their interaction with resistance genes of host plants - assemblage and use of models - mathematical simulation of epidemics. New chapters on the modeling of the spreading of diseases in air and in soil are included in this second edition.In this volume experts present the latest status of mathematical and statistical methods in use for the analysis and modeling of plant disease epidemics. Topics treated are - methods in multivariate analyses, ordination and classification, - modeling of temporal and spatial aspects of air- and soilborne diseases, - methods to analyse and describe competition among subpopulations, e.g. pathogen races and - their interaction with resistance genes of host plants - assemblage and use of models - mathematical simulation of epidemics. New chapters on the modeling of the spreading of diseases in air and in soil are included in this second edition.I Epidemics, Their Mathematical Analysis and Modeling: An Introduction.- 1. Concepts and Scope of Epidemiology.- 2. Mathematics in Epidemiology.- 3. Models and Their Role in Epidemiology.- 4. Mathematical Analysis of Epidemics.- 5. Models as Synoptics Tools.- 6. Outlook.- 7. References.- II Mathematics and Statistics for Analysis in Epidemiology.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Experimentation in Epidemiology.- 2.1 Kind of Experiments.- 2.1.1 Field Experiments.- 2.1.2 Growth Chamber Experiments.- 2.1.3 Combination of Field and Growth Chamber Experiments.- 2.2 Measurements in Epidemiology.- 2.2.1 Measurement of the Pathogen.- 2.2.2 Measurement of the Host.- 2.2.3 Measurement of the Disease.- 2.2.4 Measureml³H