Economic and ecological externalities of pesticide use in India

Integrated Pest Management

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 113-129

  Shetty, P K ^a   Sabitha, Marium ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Crop management; Ecological implications; Integrated pest management; Pesticide stewardship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893790477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8992-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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