Managing the herbicide resource: An evaluation of extension on management of herbicide-resistant weeds

AgBioForum

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 358-369

  Llewellyn, Rick S ^a   Pannell, David J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Decisions; Herbicide resistance; Integrated pest management; Integrated weed management; IPM; IWM; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954379363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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