Use of pesticides and attitude to pest management strategies among rice and rice-fish farmers in the mekong delta, Vietnam

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-164

  Berga, H ^a   Tamb, N T ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem; IPM; Mekong Delta; Pesticides; Rice fish farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; PEST OUTBREAK; PEST SPECIES; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; NILAPARVATA LUGENS;

EID: 84867842642     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670874.2012.672776     Document Type: Article

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