Economic Evaluation of Alternative Production Systems for Fresh-Market Tomatoes in the Mid-Atlantic Region

Journal of Vegetable Crop Production

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 91-107

  Wu, Shunxiang ^a   Lu, Yao Chi ^a   Mills, Douglass J ^a   Coffman, C Benjamin ^a   Teasdale, John R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fresh market tomato; Production system; Profitability; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 19844371032     PISSN: 10496467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J068v08n01_11     Document Type: Article

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