Developing a risk indicator to comparatively assess environmental risks posed by microbial and conventional pest control agents

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 659-681

  Laengle, Tobias ^a,b   Strasser, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative risk assessment; Environmental risk; Microbial biocontrol agents; Plant protection; Registration; Risk indicator

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950929820     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583151003706667     Document Type: Review

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