Integrating crop productivity and biodiversity conservation pilot initiatives developed by Bayer CropScience

Crop Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 408-416

  Dollacker, Annik ^a   Rhodes, Claire ^b  

^a BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^b Biodiversity and Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural technologies; Biodiversity; Conservation tillage; Ecoagriculture; Integrated crop management; Integrated pest management; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; DURBAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846334441     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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