Comparison of different sizes of physical barriers for controlling the impact of the rice field rat, Rattus argentiventer, in rice crops in Indonesia

Crop Protection

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-13

  Singleton, Grant R ^a   Sudarmaji, ^b   Brown, Peter R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Research Institute for Rice   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Economics; Indonesia; Physical control; Rattus argentiventer; Rodent control

Indexed keywords

PEST CONTROL; RICE; RODENT; TRAPPING;

INDONESIA;

RATTUS ARGENTIVENTER;

EID: 0037290631     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(02)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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