Assessing the profitability of different crop protection strategies in cotton: Case study results from Shandong Province, China

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 28-36

  Pemsl, D ^a   Waibel, H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bt cotton profitability; China; Simulation model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COTTON; INSECTICIDE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NATURAL ENEMY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PEST CONTROL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA;

EID: 36249023280     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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