Climbing mt. organic: An ecosystem approach to pest management

Organic Farming: The Ecological System

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 197-214

  Bird, G W ^a   Grieshop, Matthew ^a   Hepperly, Paul ^b   Moyer, Jeff ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rodale Institute Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease causing organisms; Ecosystem approach; Fungal like organisms; Organic farming; Pest management; Phylum N ematoda

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102332309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780891181897.ch09     Document Type: Chapter

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