How agro-ecological research helps to address food security issues under new IPM and pesticide reduction policies for global crop production systems

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3251-3261

  E Birch, A Nicholas ^a   Begg, Graham S ^a   Squire, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ecological engineering; Ecological services; food security; Integrated Pest Management; landscape ecology; pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PEST CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES;

EID: 79960256397     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err064     Document Type: Article

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