Controlling Plant Disease using Biological and Environmentally Friendly Approaches: Making it Work in Practice

Disease Control in Crops: Biological and Environmentally-Friendly Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 257-261

  Walters, Dale ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controlling plant disease using biological and environmentally friendly approaches; Effective and easily accessed by farmers; EU Network of Excellence (ENDURE) innovative crop protection strategies for farmers; Farmer adoption of biologically based practices; Integrating biological and ecological processes into food production processes; Leading to increased food productivity; Minimising use of non renewable inputs harming the environment; No adverse effects on environment; Sustainable agriculture and Integrated Crop Management (ICM)

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ENGINEERING;

ADVERSE EFFECT; CROP MANAGEMENTS; CROP PROTECTION; EFFECTIVE AND EASILY ACCESSED BY FARMERS; FARMER ADOPTION OF BIOLOGICALLY BASED PRACTICES; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD PRODUCTIVITY; NON-RENEWABLE; PLANT DISEASE;

CROPS;

EID: 84859109845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444312157.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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