@article{640e25d9ae2a468aa513c1b020e38144,
title = "Factors influencing the adoption of insect management technology",
abstract = "Logit analyses are used in evaluating survey data concerning rice stink bug [Oebalus pugnax (Fabricius)] management by Texas rice producers. Effects of rice production attributes on the adoption of insect sweep nets in conjunction with treatment thresholds, and the spraying of insecticides for the management of the rice stink bug, are investigated. The proportion of neighboring land use in pasture, the proportion of rice acreage planted to semidwarf varieties, and producers{\textquoteright} attendance at specific field days significantly affect the probability of adopting sweep nets and treatment thresholds. Adoption of sweep nets and treatment thresholds increase the probability of spraying by 11.3%.",
author = "Harper, {Jayson K.} and Rister, {M. Edward} and Mjelde, {James W.} and Drees, {Bastiaan M.} and Way, {Michael O.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors are, respectively, an assistant professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University; associate professors, Department of Agricultural Economics. Texas A&M University; an extension entomologist. Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Bryan; and an associate professor of entomology. Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Beaumont. Technical Article No. 23012 of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. This research was funded by the Texas Rice Research Foundation (Econo-Rice Project) and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (Project 6507). The authors thank David Bessler. Oral Capps. Warren Grant. Tom Knight, Mike Mazzocco, and three anonymous reviewers of the Journal for their comments on earlier drafts of this paper. Typing by Yvette McCoy and editing assistance by Karen Pilant and Sue Durden are sincerely appreciated by the authors.",
year = "1990",
month = nov,
doi = "10.2307/1242631",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "72",
pages = "997--1005",
journal = "American Journal of Agricultural Economics",
issn = "0002-9092",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "4",
}
