Effects of disease control by fungicides on greenhouse gas emissions by UK arable crop production

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1082-1092

  Hughes, David J ^a,b   West, Jonathan S ^a   Atkins, Simon D ^a   Gladders, Peter ^c   Jeger, Michael J ^b   Fitt, Bruce Dl ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley; Climate change mitigation; Crop disease; Food security; Fungicides; Greenhouse gas emissions; UK crops

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FUNGICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ARABLE FARMING; BARLEY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DISEASE CONTROL; EMISSION CONTROL; FUNGICIDE; GREENHOUSE GAS; STATE ROLE;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CROP; CROP DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD SECURITY; FUNGICIDES; FUNGUS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SEASON; UK CROPS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BARLEY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CROP DISEASE; FOOD SECURITY; FUNGICIDES; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; UK CROPS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; FUNGI; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HORDEUM; PLANT DISEASES; SEASONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

HORDEUM;

EID: 80051948922     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2151     Document Type: Article

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