Rolling the dice: On-farm benefits of research into reducing pesticide use

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 575-587

  Brethour, Cher ^a   Weersink, Alfons ^b  

^a George Morris Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

On farm benefits; Pesticide reduction; Research returns

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037400758     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(01)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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