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Epidemiological consequences of plant disease resistance

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The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases

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The concept of resistance is, or should be, central to any plant disease management programme. Other disease control practices, including the use of chemical intervention techniques, cultural control methods and biological control, can all be used to minimize crop damage. Each of them, however, can be seen essentially as a complement to plant disease resistance. For farmers and growers, plant resistance offers the most cost-effective front line method for disease control, since its adoption requires little alteration to existing practices. This is especially important for the so-called resource-poor producers — those without the financial or technological wherewithal to adopt chemical or other high cost or high input strategies.

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Deadman, M.L. (1998). Epidemiological consequences of plant disease resistance. In: Jones, D.G. (eds) The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3302-1_6

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