Six-year comparison between organic, IPM and conventional cotton production systems in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, California

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-40

  Swezey, Sean L ^a   Goldman, Polly ^a   Bryer, Janet ^a   Nieto, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California cotton; Integrated pest management; Organic cotton; Pesticide use reduction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; LYGUS HESPERUS; LYGUS LINEOLARIS;

EID: 34547131601     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507001573     Document Type: Article

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