Around the globe, besides fungal and bacterial diseases, both virus and viroid diseases have acquired greater importance in the realm of plant pathology and call for effective management measures as they are responsible for heavy yield losses and are a matter of vital importance and concern to farmers, horticulturists, gardeners and foresters. Understanding disease epidemiology is of vital importance for formulating viable disease management practices in a given agro-ecosystem. The development and progress of plant disease epidemics are variable from region to region. Epidemiology is not a...

Understanding plant virus epidemiology is a core aim of disease management in any given agro-ecosystem. This, the second in a multi-volume Springer series on tropical plant viruses, has comprehensive coverage of both these key topics in agriculture.