Perceptions of the beneficial and harmful effects of pesticides among Iranian rice farmers influence the adoption of biological control

Crop Protection

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 124-131

  Abdollahzadeh, Gholamhossein ^a   Sharifzadeh, Mohammad Sharif ^a   Damalas, Christos A ^b  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asiatic rice borer; IPM; Pest control; Pesticide impacts; Rice cropping

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; HEALTH RISK; INCOME; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PESTICIDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE;

IRAN; MAZANDARAN;

EID: 84930683722     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2015.05.018     Document Type: Article

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