Loads default pathogen parameters for a specific disease
Usage
loadPathogen(disease = "rust")
Value
a list of pathogen parameters on a susceptible host
for a pathogen genotype not adapted to resistance
Arguments
disease
a disease name, among "rust" (default), "mildew", "sigatoka" and "no pathogen"
Details
Available diseases:
"no pathogen"
"rust" (genus Puccinia, e.g. stripe rust, stem rust and leaf rust of wheat and barley)
"mildew" (Plasmopara viticola, downy mildew of grapevine)
"sigatoka" (Pseudocercospora fijiensis, black sigatoka of banana)
Note that when disease = "mildew" a price reduction between 0% and 5% is applied to the
market value according to disease severity.