Plant protection products and their sustainable and environmentally friendly use

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 607-627

  Pogǎcean, Manuela Olga ^a   Gavrilescu, Maria ^b  

^a Plant Protection Agency Mure   (Romania)

^b GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Crop; Impact; Indicator; Pesticides; Policy; Risk; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949098989     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2009.084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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