The importance of fungicides in U.S. crop production

Outlooks on Pest Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 209-213

  Gianessi, Leonard ^a   Reigner, Nathan ^a,b  

^a CropLife Foundation   (United States)

^b Crop Protection Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop Production; Disease Losses; Fungi; Fungicides; Historical Disease Control; Plant Pathogens

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 33750218633     PISSN: 17431026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1564/17oct06     Document Type: Review

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