Integrated pest management-can it contribute to sustainable food production in europe with less reliance on conventional pesticides?

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 237-242

  Hillocks, Rory J ^a   Cooper, Jerry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Food security; Integrated pest management; IPM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873106853     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2012.0107     Document Type: Article

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