Farmers’ Criteria for Pesticide Selection and Use in the Pest Control Process

Chemical pesticides have been widely overused by farmers in Iran, but farmers’ criteria for pesticide selection and use are not well understood. A field survey of 411 farmers was carried out in Mazandaran, Iran, to study farmers’ criteria for selecting and using pesticides in the pest control proces...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Sharif Sharifzadeh, Gholamhossein Abdollahzadeh, Christos A. Damalas, Rohollah Rezaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/8/2/24