The paper examines contracts in new agricultural industries that exhibit learning-bydoing. A dynamic model analyzes a contract’s effect on production decisions, as well as investments in processing capacity and learning. The results of the model are applied qualitatively to the biomass electricity industry. Submitted by: Conrad J. Choinière Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics Universit...

2. Roy P.E. Yanong, associate professor, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Ruskin, FL 33570-3434; and Ruth Francis-Floyd, professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (College of Veterinary Medicine) and Department of Fisheries and Aq...

1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China 2 Faculty of Applied Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada 3 School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AR, United Kingdom 4 Statistical Genomics Lab, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong...

Stability of Heterodera glycines (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) juvenile hatching from eggs obtained from different sources of soybean, Glycine max Edward P. MASLER 1,∗, Patricia A. DONALD 2 and Sandra SARDANELLI 3 1 Nematology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA 2 Crop Genetics and Production Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Jackson, TN 38301, USA 3 P...

16 Sarah K. Correll is a 2016 graduate of the Purdue University College of Agriculture with a major in agricultural economics. Her interest in the topics of high school graduation and college-going rates developed during her term as a member of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. When not studying or working on her research, Correll keeps busy with student activities and organizations ...

Meat species identification by Real Time PCR Student: Rajni Kumari Major Advisor: Dr. D. N. Rank . Department of Animal Biotechnology College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandary Anand Agricultural University Anand Campus, Anand-388001

a National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 2300 Dayton Avenue, Ames, IA 50010, USA b University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Pediatrics and the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Galveston, TX 77555, USA c Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY ...

The University of Georgia and Ft. Valley State College, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and counties of the state cooperating. The Cooperative Extension service officers educational programs, assistance and materials to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability An equal opportunity/affirmative action organization committed to a diverse work force.. The...

Manotosh Kumbhakar 1,*, Snehasis Kundu 2, Koeli Ghoshal 1 and Vijay P. Singh 3,4 1 Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India; [email protected] 2 Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities, IIIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751003, India; [email protected] 3 Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Statio...

1 Regional Innovation Center for Dental Science & Engineering, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 501-759, Korea. 2 Agricultural College of Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, Jilin, China. 3 Department of Botany and Microbiology, Addiriyah Chair for Environmental Studies, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. 4 Department of Cro...