Government policy and the development and use of biopesticides

Futures

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 409-423

  Uri, Noel D ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE PRODUCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PESTICIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032416294     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-3287(98)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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