EPPO Bulletin (2007) 37, 313-316

P. Skelsey, W. van der Werf, G.J.T. Kessel, W.A.H. Rossing and A.A.M. Holtslag (2007)
Multi-scale modelling of infection pressure from Phytophthora infestans
EPPO Bulletin 37 (2), 313-316
Abstract: Management of potato late blight could benefit from prediction of the risk posed to potato fields from external inoculum sources of Phytophthora infestans. Influx of inoculum depends on a complex interplay of population biological, atmospheric and spore survival processes, and is difficult to predict. This research aims at building tools for such prediction. BLIGHTSPACE is a spatio-temporal model (parameterized for potato late blight) that has been developed and utilized to study the progress of epidemics in individual fields and networks of fields. A quasi-Gaussian plume model was developed to provide long-range transport of spores within BLIGHTSPACE. Numerical results compared favorably with experimental data. A further submodel for the survival of spores during long-range transportation has been added. Integration of these three submodels will create an experimental arena for comparing control options for potato late blight.
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Database assignments for author(s): Peter Skelsey, Wopke van der Werf, Walter A.H. Rossing, Geert J.T. Kessel

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
population dynamics/ epidemiology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phytophthora infestans	Potato (Solanum tuberosum)