Integrated pest management portfolios in UK arable farming: Results of a farmer survey

Pest Management Science

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1030-1039

  Bailey, Alastair S ^a   Bertaglia, Marco ^a   Fraser, Iain M ^a   Sharma, Abhijit ^b   Douarin, Elodie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pest management; Pesticide alternatives; Technology and portfolio approaches

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INSECTICIDE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PEST CONTROL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70149096622     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1790     Document Type: Article

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