Economics of Pesticide Use and Regulation

Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics

Volumn 3-3, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-97

  Lichtenberg, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

DDT; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA); Genetically modified crops; Integrated pest management; Pest control; Pest resistance; Pesticide; Pesticide productivity; Quality standards; Reentry interval; Residue tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920108352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375067-9.00092-9     Document Type: Chapter

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