The impact of pesticides on paddy farmers and ecosystem

Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-70

  Mohd Fuad, M J ^a   Junaidi, A B ^a   Habibah, A ^a   Hamzah, J ^a   Toriman, M E ^a   Lyndon, N ^a   Er, A C ^a   Selvadurai, S ^a   Azima, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environment; Hazardous; Impact; Integrated pest management; Paddy field; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 84857412809     PISSN: 19950772     EISSN: 19981090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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