Food Production: The Challenge for Pesticides
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 28 (12), 773-777
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1307252
Abstract
On a worldwide basis, control of pests that damage crops offers one of the best opportunities to increase food supply. Pesticides are strategic tools in pest control, but their potential will be realized only when we incorporate them as part of a pest management strategy rather than expect them to perform miracles.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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