Reducing insecticide use in broad-acre grains production: An Australian study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Macfadyen, Sarina ^a   Hardie, Darryl C ^b,c   Fagan, Laura ^c   Stefanova, Katia ^c   Perry, Kym D ^d   DeGraaf, Helen E ^d   Holloway, Joanne ^e   Spafford, Helen ^c,h   Umina, Paul A ^f,g  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g Cesar   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; CANOLA OIL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PEST; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GRAIN; HARVEST; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT DAMAGE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RAPESEED; WHEAT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; AUSTRALIA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84896757384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089119     Document Type: Article

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