Intensive olive orchards on sloping land: Good water and pest management are essential

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-128

  Metzidakis, I ^a   Martinez Vilela, A ^b   Castro Nieto, G ^c   Basso, B ^d  

^a NAGREF Insitute of Olive Tree And Subtropical Plants Of Chania   (Greece)

^b JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Integrated pest management; Pollution; Socio economic aspects; Soil and water conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; ORCHARDS; PEST CONTROL; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DRIP IRRIGATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT IS; OLIVE GROVE; OLIVE ORCHARDS; PEST MANAGEMENT; SLOPING LAND; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; WATERS MANAGEMENTS;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER;

CROP PRODUCTION; DRIP IRRIGATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; ORCHARD; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOIL CONSERVATION; TILLAGE;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZATION; FRUIT; GREECE; INSECT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ITALY; LAND USE; OLIVE TREE; ORCHARD MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; PEST MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; TILLAGE; TREE PRUNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANDALUCIA; BASILICATA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GREECE; ITALY; JAEN [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

HEXAPODA; OLEACEAE;

EID: 49349093216     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.04.028     Document Type: Article

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