Farmers' perceptions of insect pests and pest management practices in Bt cotton in the Punjab, Pakistan

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Arshad, Muhammad ^a   Suhail, Anjum ^a   Gogi, M Dildar ^a   Yaseen, M ^a   Asghar, M ^a   Tayyib, M ^a   Karar, Haider ^a   Hafeez, Faisal ^a   Ullah, Unsar Naeem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bt cotton adoption; Insect pests; Perception; Pest management; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; COTTON; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PEST CONTROL; YIELD RESPONSE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA;

AMRASCA DEVASTANS; APHIS GOSSYPII; BEMISIA TABACI; COTTON LEAF CURL VIRUS; EARIAS VITELLA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA; PHENACOCCUS; SPODOPTERA LITURA; THRIPS TABACI;

EID: 59049087927     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670870802419628     Document Type: Article

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