Cotton producers' use of selected marketing strategies

Journal of Cotton Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 206-217

  Isengildina, Olga ^a   Hudson, M Darren ^b  

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

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

COTTON; MARKETING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 3142698734     PISSN: 15243303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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