Analysing the influence of crop management on pesticide use intensity while controlling for external sources of variability with Linear Mixed Effects Models

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-22

  Bürger, Jana ^a   Günther, Astrid ^b   De Mol, Friederike ^a   Gerowitt, Bärbel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Germany; Integrated Pest Management; Linear Mixed Effects Models; On farm data; Pesticide monitoring; Standardised Treatment Index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVAR; DATA ACQUISITION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LINEARITY; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SAMPLING; WHEAT;

GERMANY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84861871138     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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