Pesticides and pest control

Integrated Pest Management

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 83-87

  Pimentel, David ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Insects; Pesticides; Pests; Plant pathogens; Weeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920115413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8992-3_3     Document Type: Chapter

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