Greenhouse-grown colored peppers: A profitable alternative for vegetable production in Florida?

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 355-369

  Jovicich, Elio ^a   VanSickle, John J ^b,c   Cantliffe, Daniel J ^a   Stoffella, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Intl Agric Trade and Policy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget analysis; Capsicum annuum; Economics; Imports; Price; Return on investment; Return to capital and management; Sensitivity analysis; Soilless culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944373192     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.2.0355     Document Type: Article

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