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Genome-Wide Identification, Characterization, Expression Analysis, and Interacting Protein Prediction of the GSK3/Shaggy-like Gene Family in Watermelon

Plants
Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3/Shaggy-like) is a highly conserved serine/threonine kinase that orchestrates growth, hormone signaling, and abiotic stress responses in both animals and plants, yet its role in watermelon remains unexplored. In this study,
Peng Tian, Jingjing Zhang, Bowen Liu, Xiurui Gao, Bing Li, Wei Liu, Yanrong Wu   +6 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hedging Cash Flows from Commodity Processing [PDF]

Agribusinesses make long-term plant-investment decisions based on discounted cash flow. It is therefore incongruous for an agribusiness firm to use cash flow as a plant-investment criterion and then to completely discard cash flow in favor of batch ...
Dahlgran, Roger A.
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Interest Rate Variability and Manufacturing Industry Cash Flow: An Empirical Analysis [PDF]

, 1994
To examine the impact of floating rate loans and interest rate volatility on aggregate cash flow, quarterly data covering the period 1974 to 1990 for 14 two-digit Standard Industrial Classification manufacturing industries were analyzed.
Chowdhury, Abdur, LeBrasseur-Serwin, Suzette M.   +1 more
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Learning, Structural Instability and Present Value Calculations [PDF]

, 2006
Present value calculations require predictions of cash flows both at near and distant future points in time. Such predictions are generally surrounded by considerable uncertainty and may critically depend on assumptions about parameter values as well as ...
Pesaran, M. Hashem, Pettenuzzo, Davide, Timmermann, Allan   +2 more
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Global Metabolome Profile and Transcriptome Sequence Analysis of the Rough and Smooth Peel of the Orah Mandarin (Citrus reticulata)

Horticulturae
Background: The Orah mandarin is an economically important variety of Citrus reticulata for citrus growers in Yunnan Province, China. Generally, the fruit peel is smooth, an attractive feature for consumer preferences.
Hongming Liu, Chunrui Long, Xiaomeng Fu, Shaohua Wang, Yuqiang Lou, Jianmei Dong, Meichao Dong, Jiamei Mao, Jiandong Yang, Hongxia Yang, Yuxia Du, Xianyan Zhou   +11 more
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Risk-based cash demand in a firm [PDF]

Firms hold cash for a variety of different reasons. Generally, cash balances held in a firm can be called considered, precautionary, speculative, transactional and intentional. The first are the result of management anxieties.
Michalski, Grzegorz
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intercropping Green Manure Species with Tea Plants Enhances Soil Fertility and Enzyme Activity and Improves Microbial Community Structure and Diversity in Tea Plantations

Agronomy
To investigate the effects of intercropping green manure on the tea plantation ecosystem, this study was conducted using 40-year-old Camellia sinensis cv. “Fuding Dabai” tea plants at the Tea Experimental Base of the Jiangxi Institute of Cash Crops. Four
Lixian Wang, Qin Liu, Peiyu Chang, Jiangen Zhang, Chen Li, Qiaoyun Shuang, Chunyun Zhang, Xinfeng Jiang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source