Bt Cotton in China: Are Secondary Insect Infestations Offsetting the Benefits in Farmer Fields?

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-90

  WANG, Zi jun ^a   LIN, Hai ^a,b   HUANG, Ji kun ^a   HU, Rui fa ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^c   Pray, Carl ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt cotton; China; mirid; secondary insect

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 58449130373     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(09)60012-2     Document Type: Article

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