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    This document discusses methods for measuring plant diseases. Disease incidence is measured as the percentage of diseased plant units out of the total examined, while disease severity refers to the level of damage caused. Remote sensing using aerial photography can detect and monitor disease outbreaks over large areas. Crop loss is quantified as the yield difference between healthy and diseased crops, often expressed as a percentage monetary value. Yield loss estimation involves comparing outputs between disease-free plots and nearby plots with varying disease levels.

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    This document discusses methods for measuring plant diseases. Disease incidence is measured as the percentage of diseased plant units out of the total examined, while disease severity refers to the level of damage caused. Remote sensing using aerial photography can detect and monitor disease outbreaks over large areas. Crop loss is quantified as the yield difference between healthy and diseased crops, often expressed as a percentage monetary value. Yield loss estimation involves comparing outputs between disease-free plots and nearby plots with varying disease levels.

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    This document discusses methods for measuring plant diseases. Disease incidence is measured as the percentage of diseased plant units out of the total examined, while disease severity refers to the level of damage caused. Remote sensing using aerial photography can detect and monitor disease outbreaks over large areas. Crop loss is quantified as the yield difference between healthy and diseased crops, often expressed as a percentage monetary value. Yield loss estimation involves comparing outputs between disease-free plots and nearby plots with varying disease levels.

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    Measurement of Plant Diseases

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    Syed Sibtul Hassan
    This document discusses methods for measuring plant diseases. Disease incidence is measured as the percentage of diseased plant units out of the total examined, while disease severity refers to the level of damage caused. Remote sensing using aerial photography can detect and monitor disease outbreaks over large areas. Crop loss is quantified as the yield difference between healthy and diseased crops, often expressed as a percentage monetary value. Yield loss estimation involves comparing outputs between disease-free plots and nearby plots with varying disease levels.

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    MEASUREMENT OF PLANT

    DISEASES
    Plant diseases are measured in terms of incidence and severity.
     Disease incidence is the number or proportions of plant
    units that are diseased (i.e. plants, leaves, flowers, fruits etc.) in
    relation to the total number of the units examined. It is
    expressed in terms of percentage as follows: The measurement
    of disease incidence is relatively quick and easy and is used to
    measure/assess a disease through a field, region or country.
     Disease severity
     In a few cases such as cereal smuts, neck blast, brown rot of
    stone fruits and vascular wilts of annuals where they cause
    total loss, disease incidence has a distinct relationship with the
    severity of the disease and yield loss
    Remote sensing
     Remote sensing provides a powerful tool for detection and
    measurement of diseases.
     It is used for survey of large crop areas by means of aerial photography.
     Diseased plants can be identified as distinct patches in an otherwise
    uniform picture.
     It is useful for measuring diseases such as late blight of potato where
    early disease foci can be located and their subsequent spread is
    followed.
     Remote sensing is also useful when sudden disaster strikes and a rapid
    appraisal of the situation is required.
     In wheat crop, aerial photography can be used to determine the extent
    of damage by take-all or eye spot disease. Similarly, the incidence of
    Heterobasidion can be monitored in pine plantation covering
    undulating, boggy or rocky land.
    CROP LOSS ASSESSMENT
     Crop loss can be summarized as the difference
    between the attainable yield from the healthy
    crop and that obtained from the diseased crop
    and is expressed as percentage mostly in terms
    of money.
    ESTIMATION OF YIELD LOSS
     For estimating yield loss due to diseases, comparisons
    between crops grown in different years or localities are
    not reliable as other factors are not the same.
     For valid comparisons, disease free plots are to be
    compared with those nearby with varying amount of
    disease.
     Disease free plots are mostly obtained by use of
    fungicides with little or no phytotoxicity.

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