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Farmers' knowledge about common pests and pesticide safety in conventional cotton production in Pakistan

2015-11-01

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Innovations in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) pest management should be initially based on the perspective of cotton farmers, recognizing farmers' constraints and their existing technical knowledge as the basis for an effective collaboration. A survey of 318 randomly selected farmers from two districts of the cotton belt of Punjab in Pakistan was conducted to study common crop protection problems and related behav...

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2015.07.014

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