To cite epifitter in publications use:

Alves K, Del Ponte E (2021). “Analysis and simulation of plant disease progress curves in R: introducing the epifitter package.” Phytopathology Research, 3(1), 22. doi:10.1186/s42483-021-00098-7, https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-021-00098-7.

Alves K, Del Ponte E, Sparks A (2026). epifitter: Analysis and Simulation of Plant Disease Progress Curves. R package version 1.0.0, https://alvesks.github.io/epifitter/.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {Analysis and simulation of plant disease progress curves
      in R: introducing the epifitter package},
    author = {Kaique S. Alves and Emerson M. {Del Ponte}},
    journal = {Phytopathology Research},
    year = {2021},
    volume = {3},
    number = {1},
    pages = {22},
    doi = {10.1186/s42483-021-00098-7},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-021-00098-7},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {epifitter: Analysis and Simulation of Plant Disease
      Progress Curves},
    author = {Kaique dos S. Alves and Emerson M. {Del Ponte} and Adam
      H. Sparks},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 1.0.0},
    url = {https://alvesks.github.io/epifitter/},
  }