Economics of a decision-support system for managing the main fungal diseases of winter wheat in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

Field Crops Research

Volumn 172, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-41

  EL Jarroudi, Moussa ^a   Kouadio, Louis ^b   Beyer, Marco ^c   Junk, Jürgen ^c   Hoffmann, Lucien ^c   Tychon, Bernard ^a   Maraite, Henri ^d   Bock, Clive H ^e   Delfosse, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop protection; Fungicide profitability; Fusarium head blight; Septoria leaf blotch; Sustainable agriculture; Wheat leaf rust

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COST ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FIELD METHOD; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; PATHOGEN; REAL TIME; WHEAT;

LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX];

ERYSIPHALES; FUSARIUM; PUCCINIA TRITICINA; SEPTORIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UREDINALES;

EID: 84920086362     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.11.012     Document Type: Article

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