Cost-effectiveness of aflatoxin control methods: Economic incentives

Toxin Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 42067, 2008, Pages 203-225

  wu, Felicia ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Bhatnagar, Deepak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

aflatoxin control methods; biocontrol; Bt corn; cost effectiveness; economic incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016147869     PISSN: 15569543     EISSN: 15569551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15569540802393690     Document Type: Article

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