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Genome-wide association with transcriptomics reveals a shade-tolerance gene network in soybean

Crop Journal
Shade tolerance is essential for soybeans in inter/relay cropping systems. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) integrated with transcriptome sequencing was performed to identify genes and construct a genetic network governing the trait in a set of ...
Yanzhu Su, Xiaoshuai Hao, Weiying Zeng, Zhenguang Lai, Yongpeng Pan, Can Wang, Pengfei Guo, Zhipeng Zhang, Jianbo He, Guangnan Xing, Wubin Wang, Jiaoping Zhang, Zudong Sun, Junyi Gai   +13 more
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Testing the Marketing Performance of German Wheat Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Germany. Wheat sales data from 465 individual farms over a 12‐year period are used to test against different market benchmarks. Market benchmarks are constructed by simulating passive trading agents using regional wheat prices.
Franziska Potts, Jens‐Peter Loy
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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
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Return and Volatility Spillovers Among Major Cotton Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores return and volatility transmission among major cotton markets. Several events have disrupted cotton supply and demand in recent years, leading to heightened price volatility and significant shifts in market interconnections.
Susmitha Kalli, Berna Karali, Yangxuan Liu, Munisamy Gopinath   +3 more
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Improvement of Premium Oil Soybean Variety Heinong 551 with Integrating Conventional Hybridization and Gamma Radiation

Life
Meeting the growing demand for vegetable oil while promoting agricultural sustainability in Northeast China requires developing high-yield, high-oil-content soybean varieties.
Xiulin Liu, Xueyang Wang, Kezhen Zhao, Chunlei Zhang, Fengyi Zhang, Rongqiang Yuan, Sobhi F. Lamlom, Honglei Ren, Bixian Zhang   +8 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
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Efficiency tests of agricultural commodity futures markets in China [PDF]

The efficiency of the Chinese wheat and soybean futures markets is studied. Formal statistical tests were conducted based on Johansen’s cointegration approach for three different cashmarkets and six different futures forecasting horizons ranging from1 ...
Ke, Bingfan, Wang, H. Holly
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Towards sustainable soy : an assessment of opportunities and risks for soybean production based on a case study Brazil [PDF]

This study investigates opportunities for and implications of expanding soybean production in developing countries. Increasing soybean production is expected to take place mainly in Latin America.
Berkum, S., van, Bindraban, P.S.
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Isoflavone content and antioxidant properties of soybean seeds [PDF]

, 2011
The isoflavone content and antioxidant properties of five Croatian soybean seed cultivars from two locations were analysed. The content of total and individual isofavones was determined by high performance liquid chromatography.
Edina Šertović, I. Mujić, Jelena Živković, Senka Vidović, Stela Jokić, Vildana Alibabić, Z. Sarić   +6 more
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Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
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