The "necessary extent" of pesticide use-Thoughts about a key term in German pesticide policy

Crop Protection

Volumn 27, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 343-351

  Bürger, Jana ^a   de Mol, Friederike ^a   Gerowitt, Bärbel ^a  

^a Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agronomic control methods; Germany; Pesticide reduction; Pesticide use intensity

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; CULTIVATION; OPTIMIZATION; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 38849155783     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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