Economics of reducing fungicide use by weather-based disease forecasts for control of venturis inaequalis in apples

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 113-120

  Beresford, R M ^a   Manktelow, D W L ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apples; Black spot; Cost benefit analysis; Disease forecasting; Economics; Reduced fungicide use; Scab; Venturia inaequalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953989313     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1994.9513814     Document Type: Article

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