Assessing the environmental impacts of pesticides used on processing tomato crops

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-162

  Bues, R ^a   Bussieres P ^b   Dadomo, M ^c   Dumas, Y ^b   Garcia Pomar, M I ^d   Lyannaz, J P ^e  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^c AAS Stuard   (Italy)

^d SIDT ^*  (Spain)

^e CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Active ingredient; Fungicide; Herbicide; Indicator; Insecticide; Processing tomato

Indexed keywords

CROP PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGICIDE; PESTICIDE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; REUNION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 1542321379     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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