Insecticides can increase pest damage

Groundnut farmers in India apply so much insecticide that they end up inducing pest outbreaks. Their counterparts in Africa rarely use chemical sprays, and their crops suffer less damage from pests. Researchers at the International Crops Research...

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Autor principal: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Formato: News Item
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1992
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45718
Descripción
Sumario:Groundnut farmers in India apply so much insecticide that they end up inducing pest outbreaks. Their counterparts in Africa rarely use chemical sprays, and their crops suffer less damage from pests. Researchers at the International Crops Research...