The economics of foliar fungicide applications in winter wheat in Northeast Texas

Crop Protection

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-42

  Lopez, Jose A ^a   Rojas, Kandy ^a   Swart, James ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^b Hunt County Texas A andM AgriLife Extension ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Foliar fungal diseases; Fungicides; Net returns; Profitability; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; PROFITABILITY; WHEAT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI; MAGNOLIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84907982810     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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