Economic evaluation of methyl bromide alternatives for the production of tomatoes in North Carolina

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 705-713

  Sydorovych, Olha ^a   Safley, Charles D ^a   Welker, Rob M ^a   Ferguson, Lisa M ^b   Monks, David W ^a   Jennings, Katie ^a   Driver, Jim ^a   Louws, Frank J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of production; Fumigation; Partial budget analysis; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 52449129320     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.4.705     Document Type: Article

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