The adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) technologies by cotton growers in the Punjab

Soil and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-77

  Hussain, Maqsood ^a   Zia, Sarwat ^b   Saboor, Abdul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Agricultural Officer (PP Research) Pest Warning and Quality Control of Pesticides   (Pakistan)

^c PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adoption; Cotton; IPM; Logit regression; Pesticides; Punjab

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79955775132     PISSN: 20749546     EISSN: 20751141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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