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Product differentiation in the fruit industry: Lessons from trademarked apples

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract We derive price premiums for patented or trademarked apple varieties, also known as “club apples,” compared to open‐variety apples. We use an expansive retail scanner dataset, along with unique data on apple taste characteristics, to estimate monthly club apple premiums for 2008–2018.
Modhurima Dey Amin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sunflower Insect Monitoring Projects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
During the 2013 growing season, UVM Extension’s Northwest Crops & Soils Program conducted studies to document the prevalence and impact of sunflower insect pests.
Darby, Heather   +2 more
core   +1 more source

N-glycosylation of Viral E Protein Is the Determinant for Vector Midgut Invasion by Flaviviruses

open access: yesmBio, 2018
Transmission of flaviviruses by hematophagous insects such as mosquitoes requires acquisition of the virus during blood feeding on the host, with midgut as the primary infection site.
Dan Wen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond subsistence? The role of rural cooperatives in driving smallholder commercialization in Ethiopia

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The transition from subsistence to market‐oriented agriculture holds the potential to boost rural economic progress and improve the well‐being of the rural poor in developing countries. Despite this potential, there is limited understanding of the key drivers for smallholder commercialization. In this study, we utilize comprehensive three‐wave
Abebayehu Girma Geffersa   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are agrochemical‐free and biodiversity‐friendly attributes substitutes or complements? Evidence from a coffee choice experiment

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Eco‐labels inform consumers about the sustainable attributes of a product, but consumer face challenges to differentiate and select for specific attributes. Certification programs are similarly challenged to incentivize adoption of sustainable practices in product supply chains when consumer ability to differentiate sustainable attributes is ...
Nicolas Gatti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demonstration of an Integrated Pest Management Program for Wheat in Tajikistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Citation: Landis, D. A., Saidov, N., Jaliov, A., El Bouhssini, M., Kennelly, M., Bahlai, C., . . . Maredia, K. (2016). Demonstration of an Integrated Pest Management Program for Wheat in Tajikistan. Journal of Integrated Pest Management, 7(1), 9.
Bahlai, C.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Mycorrhizae In The Integrated Pest And Disease Management

open access: yes, 2007
Plant diseases cause serious losses in crop production and pesticide applications are currently the main way deployed for control. Due to severe environmental problems, achieving a sustainable agriculture will require avoidance of chemical pesticides/fungicides.
Mukerji KG, Ciancio A
openaire   +4 more sources

Impacts of geopolitics and policy on Latin American biodiversity and water resources

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Latin America is a major agricultural producer with important natural resources. Efforts have been made to protect sensitive areas but are hindered by agricultural trade disruptions outside the control of individual countries due to globally integrated crop markets.
Jerome Dumortier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of components of IPM for basmati rice against rice root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola

open access: yesThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019
The IPM module for basmati rice, synthesised and validated by ICAR-NCIPM on a large-scale in farmers’ participatory mode during 2010-2014 at Bambawad (Gautam Budh Nagar, UP) area, mainly involved green manuring, seed treatment with carbendazim or ...
S SINGH, R K TANWAR, S P SINGH, R BALODI
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated Pest Management

open access: yes, 2009
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses different approaches to maintain pest insects at tolerable levels or in other words integrated pest management (IPM). For purposes of devising an appropriate IPM strategy, insect pests may be classified as key, secondary, or induced.
Ronald Prokopy, Marcos Kogan
openaire   +2 more sources

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