Assessing the integrated pest management practices of Pennsylvania nursery operations

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-302

  Sellmer, James C ^a   Ostiguy, Nancy ^a   Hoover, Kelli ^a   Kelley, Kathleen M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; IPM; Nursery survey; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRONOMY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; MARKETING; MONITORING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SURVEYING;

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM); NURSERY OPERATIONS;

PEST CONTROL;

EID: 2042491268     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.2.297     Document Type: Review

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