Decision making and economic risk in IPM

Integrated Pest Management: Concepts, Tactics, Strategies and Case Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 33-50

  Mitchell, Paul D ^a   Hutchison, William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics   (United States)

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EID: 84927087297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511626463.005     Document Type: Chapter

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