Citation:

4 Disease dynamics—the environment. Chapter 4. Pages 44-62. In: Charles E Palm (editor). 1968. Plant-Disease Development and Control. Principles of Plant and Animal Pest Control. Volume 1. Publication No. 1596. Agricultural Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, 205 pages. ISBN 6860085

Keywords: the atmospheric environment, influence of climate and weather on disease, the microenvironment, the elements of weather, temperature, moisture, temperature-moisture interaction, light, air transport of inoculum, effect of environment on host-pathogen relations, simple disease—weather relationships, complex disease-weather relationships, climatic range of pathogen versus local climate, meteorological aids in disease prediction, prediction of probable spread and severity of diseases, soil environment, physical factors, soil moisture, soil aeration, soil temperature, soil strength and structure, chemical factors, mineralogic constitution, organic constituents, the liquid phase, the gaseous phase, the hydrogen ion content of soil, the rhizosphere, the soil environment and soilborne pathogens