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Losses of crops arising from the effects of other living organisms are grouped into losses due to diseases, pests and weeds. Diseases and pests cause pre- and post-harvest losses, whereas weeds just cause pre-harvest losses. Losses due to all causes can amount to 40% or more of a crop, with pre-harvest losses due to disease usually being around 10–15% of a crop.
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Simon Whitby and Paul Rogers, “Anti-Crop Biological Warfare — Implications of the US and Iraqi Programmes”, Defense Analysis, 13,3, pp.303–318, 1997.
Re-drawn from George N. Agrios, Plant Pathology, third edition, Academic Press, 1988.
Re-drawn from J. G. Manners, Principles of Plant Pathology, Cambridge University Press, 1982
Re-drawn from George N. Agrios, op cit.
Re-drawn from George N. Agrios, Ibid.
Re-drawn from George N. Agrios, Ibid
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Rogers, P. (2001). Characteristics of Natural Outbreaks of Crop Diseases. In: Dando, M., Pearson, G., Kriz, B. (eds) Scientific and Technical Means of Distinguishing Between Natural and Other Outbreaks of Disease. NATO Science Series, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0830-3_6
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