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Estimate the amount of blackspot lesions per plant caused by primary inoculumn, or ascospores. Formula interpreted from Schoeny. et al. (2007) in European Journal of Plant Pathology.

Usage

est_primary_inoculum(degree_days, rainfall)

Arguments

degree_days

sum degree days in celcius over 7 days

rainfall

vector of daily rainfall, or maximum rainfall in a week

Value

number of new blackspot lesions per plant over 7 days

Examples

est_primary_inoculum(degree_days = 250,
               rainfall = 15)
#> [1] 7.17275