Role of knowledge and opinion in promoting boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) eradication

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1166-1174

  Kazmierczak Jr , Richard F ^a   Smith, Bradley C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

boll weevil; eradication; extension; multinomial logit

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE;

EID: 12644251966     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.5.1166     Document Type: Article

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