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Recently, there has been considerable work on spore dispersal by rain-splash and three review articles have been published (Fitt and McCartney, 1986; Fitt et al., 1989; Madden, 1992) that discuss spore dispersal from a biological point of view. Topics covered included the characteristics of splash-dispersed fungi, mechanisms of splash dispersal and methods for studying them, the dispersal of specific pathogen spores by different types of rain under controlled conditions or in field situations, and recent spatial distribution and modelling studies.
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Huber, L., Madden, L.V., Fitt, B.D.L. (1998). Rain-splash and spore dispersal: a physical perspective. In: Jones, D.G. (eds) The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3302-1_17
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