Motivations for adopting biological control among Iranian rice farmers

Crop Protection

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-50

  Abdollahzadeh, Gholamhosssein ^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

Economic benefit; Environmental protection; Health maintenance; Integrated pest management (IPM); Social acceptance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MOTH; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE; RICE;

IRAN; MAZANDARAN;

CHILO SUPPRESSALIS;

EID: 84946866803     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2015.10.021     Document Type: Article

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