Cost of crop losses in processing tomato and cabbage in southwestern Ontario due to insects, weeds and/or diseases

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 915-921

  Tolman, J H ^a   McLeod, D G R ^b   Harris, C R ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cabbage; Diseases; Insects; Tomato; Weeds; Yield loss

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DISEASE; INSECT; PEST DAMAGE; WEED;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 7044264901     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P03-002     Document Type: Article

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