Particle Films: A New Technology for Agriculture

Horticultural Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-44

  Glenn, D Michael ^a   Puterka, Gary J ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemically active pesticides, residually present in food, water supplies and soil; Disease control with mineral and particle film materials; Hydrophobic and hydrophilic kaolin application effect on 'seckle' pear productivity and quality; Lethal effects of particle attachment to insects; Particle film technology for arthropod pest control; Particle film technology for arthropod pest control; Particle film technology for pest control; Particle films new technology in agriculture; Soil dusts, used as insect repellents by primitive people; Successful particle film use controlling arthropod pests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949547057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470650882.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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