The ethics of biofungicides - A case study: Trichoderma harzianum ATCC 20476 on Elsanta strawberries against Botrytis cinerea (gray mold)

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-258

  Ricard, Jacques L ^a,b   Ricard, Thomas J ^a  

^a BINAB Bio Innovation Efir AB   (Sweden)

^b Bredholmen   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofungicides; Biological control; Ethical issues; Food industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344634605     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007460813543     Document Type: Article

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