Pesticide productivity, host-plant resistance and productivity in China

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 203-217

  Widawsky, David ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Jin, Songqing ^b   Huang, Jikun ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b Department of Agricultural Economics ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese rice production; Host plant resistance; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; HOST; PEST CONTROL; PEST RESISTANCE; PESTICIDE; PRODUCTIVITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0032168681     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(98)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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