Testing differences between pathogen compositions with small samples and sparse data

Soubeyrand S., Garreta V., Monteil C., Suffert F., Goyeau H., Berder J., Moinard J., Fournier E., Tharreau D., Morris C.E., Sache I.
2017

The structure of pathogen populations is an important driver of epidemics affecting crops and natural plant communities. Comparing the composition of two pathogen populations consisting of assemblages of genotypes or phenotypes is a crucial, recurrent question encountered in many studies in plant disease epidemiology. Determining whether there is a significant difference between two sets of ...

Maladies des plantes