An assessment of grower perceptions and factors influencing adoption of IPM in commercial cranberry production

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-144

  Blake, G ^a   Sandler, H A ^b   Coli, W ^b   Pober, D M ^b   Coggins, C ^c  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Simon's Rock College   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Integrated pest management; Surveys; Vaccinium macrocarpon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FRUIT PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 34547410966     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507001664     Document Type: Article

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