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The development of fungal disease in plants has at least three important control points: the prevalence of fungal inoculum, the environment during infection, and disease development as modified by plant defenses [ 1 2 ] . Most field studies on wild plants have not measured pathogen abundance but have focused on disease expression [ 3 4 5 6 ] . Atmospheric moisture is generally the single most important environmental factor influencing the incidence and severity of fungal diseases on plants [ 4 7 8 9 10 ] . High relative humidity and several hours of free surface water are critical for both spore germination and successful infection [ 11 12 13 ] . In addition, infection (i.e.
Smiley's question on the primaries provoked both candidates into utterly unconvincing defenses of Iowa and New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation status.
Long, cool tunnels in the depths of the defenses were originally dug as a protected route for ammunition replenishment.
The case has triggered protests in New York, passionate defenses of law enforcement from Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and other supporters, and a national debate over police tactics in black and Hispanic neighborhoods.
This was the latest chapter in a seven week assault on Iraq's air defenses that has earned scant media coverage and no outcries in Congress or at the United Nations, thanks to an ingenious U.S. public relations strategy of spontaneity, self-defense, and silence.