Sustainability assessment of crop protection systems: SustainOS methodology and its application for apple orchards

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Mouron, Patrik ^a   Heijne, Bart ^b   Naef, Andreas ^c   Strassemeyer, Jörn ^d   Hayer, Frank ^a   Avilla, Jesus ^e   Alaphilippe, Aude ^g   Höhn, Heinrich ^c   Hernandez, José ^a   Mack, Gabriele ^a   Gaillard, Gérard ^a   Solé, Joan ^e   Sauphanor, Benoit ^f   Patocchi, Andrea ^c   Samietz, Jörg ^c   Bravin, Esther ^c   Lavigne, Claire ^f   Bohanec, Marko ^h   Golla, Burkhard ^d   Scheer, Christian ⁱ   Aubert, Ursula ^a   Bigler, Franz ^a   more..

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^f Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^g UERI   (France)

^h JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

ⁱ KOB Kompetenzzentrum Obstbau Bodensee ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment; Full cost calculation; Integrated pest management (IPM); Life cycle assessment; Multi attribute assessment; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRUIT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84864915769     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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