Edina goes green part III: A survey of consumer lawn care knowledge and practices

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 491-494

  Carpenter, Perrin J ^a   Meyer, Mary Hockenberry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community education; Consumer horticulture; Enviromental attitudes; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

GOES;

EID: 0032970616     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.3.491     Document Type: Article

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