Revenue capacity efficiency of pear trees and its decomposition

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-40

  Wang, Chenggang ^a   Färe, Rolf ^a   Seavert, Clark F ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Nutrient responsiveness; Old Home x Farmingdale; Pyrus communis; Revenue efficiency; Trunk cross sectional area; Yield efficiency

Indexed keywords

PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 30944432292     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.131.1.32     Document Type: Article

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