Cost of agronomic biofortification of wheat with zinc in China

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Yue Hong ^a   Zou, Chun Qin ^b   Mirza, Zakaria ^c   Li, Hong ^a   Zhang, Zhen Zhen ^a   Li, Dan Ping ^a   Xu, Chun Li ^a   Zhou, Xin Bin ^a   Shi, Xiao Jun ^a,d   Xie, De Ti ^a   He, Xin Hua ^a,e   Zhang, Yue Qiang ^a,d  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d National Monitoring Station of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Efficiency on Purple Soil   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Disability adjusted life year; Foliar zinc application; Pesticide; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRONOMY; COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISABILITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LABOR; MAIZE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; RURAL POPULATION; WHEAT; ZINC;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84979609401     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-016-0382-x     Document Type: Article

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