Farmers' knowledge about common pests and pesticide safety in conventional cotton production in Pakistan

Crop Protection

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-51

  Khan, Muhammad ^a   Damalas, Christos A ^b  

^a Process and Energy Systems Engineering Center PRESTIGE   (Pakistan)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviors; Crop protection; Knowledge; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST SPECIES; PESTICIDE APPLICATION;

INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

ALEYRODIDAE; APHIDIDAE; CICADELLIDAE; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYPERUS ROTUNDUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84937944646     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2015.07.014     Document Type: Article

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