A post-harvest economic model to evaluate grain chilling as an IPM technology

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-383

  Rulon, Rodney A ^a   Maier, Dirk E ^a   Boehlje, Mike D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs and benefits; Economic analysis; Grain chilling; Insect control; Integrated pest management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032770497     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(99)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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