Sequential decision rules for managing nematodes with crop rotations

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-474

  Burt, O R ^a,b   Ferris, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Cyst nematode; Decision rule; Dynamic control; Economic threshold; Economics; Heterodera schachtii; Optimization; Sugarbeet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030433266     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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