We developed and evaluated a tungro epidemiological model called rtdSim using historical rice tungro disease (RTD) incidence data and weather data collected in the Philippines. Intensive modeling fram
Rice is one of the most important food crops in the world, and rice sheath blight is an important factor restricting the high yield and quality of rice. In recent years, rice pests and diseases occur
Biotrophic plant pathogens have evolved sophisticated strategies to manipulate their host. They derive all of their nutrients from living plant tissues, by making intimate contact with their host whil