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Background information and procedures for using the genus Nicotiana as experimental subjects are presented. Each chapter first surveys a topic, then, in detail, presents the associated experimental techniques .. The topics include plant propagating and hybridizing; cytogenetical techniques;...
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Tobacco, the sixth largest cash crop grown in the United States, is cultivated in 21 States. The United States produces … 23 types of tobacco divided into eight major classes of tobacco. Tobacco is used for cigarettes, Cigars, chewing tobacco …, snuff, pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own cigarettes. The United States is both the largest importer and exporter of tobacco …
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tobacco are developed using different sources of data. Farm budget data are used to develop input vectors for flue …-cured tobacco production at eight different levels of technology. Total requirements per $1 of change in final demand are calculated …
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The allocation of variable inputs among crops is a common problem in applied studies that use farm accountancy data. Standard farm accounting information is typically restricted to aggregate or whole-farm input expenditures; there are usually no details on how these expenditures are split among...
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Development is a human problem and is aimed at changing man and his economic, social, ecological environment. Throughout history, man has acquired new knowledge to shape his future. As human needs multiplied and became more complex, science and technology – processes of systematic inquiry for...
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Using the choice-based conjoint analysis and self explicated approach, I elicited South Korean millers’ preference and willingness to pay for the quality characteristics of hard white wheat that is used in producing all-purpose flour. In specified seven attributes, test weight, moisture, and...
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We theoretically examine a farmer’s coverage demand with area and individual insurance plans as either separate or integrated options. The individual and area losses are assumed to be imperfectly and positively correlated. With actuarially fair rates, the farmer will fully insure with the...
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This study takes the standard acreage response model that stems from an expected utility framework, accounting for both price and yield variability, and nests it within a flexible semi-nonparametric (SNP) model consistent with farm-level decision models for computationally tractable results. We...
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We theoretically examine a farmer’s coverage demand with area and individual insurance plans as either separate or integrated options. The individual and area losses are assumed to be imperfectly and positively correlated. With actuarially fair rates, the farmer will fully insure with the...
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Forthcoming in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
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