Consumer perceptions of fruit production technologies

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-192

  Richardson Harman, Nicola ^a   Phelps, Tracey ^a   Mooney, Paulene ^a   Ball, Rod ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding; Consumer; Fertiliser; Fruit; Irradiation; Organic; Pesticide; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IRRADIATION; KIWIFRUIT; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIC FARMING; PESTICIDE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031735235     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1998.9514054     Document Type: Article

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