Efficiency of alternative technologies and cultural practices for cotton in Georgia

AgBioForum

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-13

  Ward, Clayton W ^a   Flanders, Archie ^a   Isengildina, Olga ^b   White, Fred C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton production; Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Genetically modified; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0012570760     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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