Pesticide practices and perceptions of Wyoming farmers and ranchers

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 410-414

  Van Tassell, Larry W ^b   Ferrell, Mark A ^a   Yang, Bozheng ^b   Legg, David E ^a   Lloyd, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Federal regulation; Pesticide use; Profit maximization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; PESTICIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033406363     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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