Insecticide use and crop selection in regions with high GM adoption rates

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-304

  Fausti, Scott W ^a   McDonald, Tia Michelle ^b   Lundgren, Jonathan G ^c   Li, Jing ^d   Keating, Ariel Ruth ^e   Catangui, Mike ^f  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e 1700 East Front Street   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

crop production; genetically modified organism; insecticides; pest management practices; targeted insect pests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868347846     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170511000561     Document Type: Article

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