A competitive market analysis of the United States shiitake mushroom marketplace

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-499

  Gold, Michael A ^a   Cernusca, Mihaela M ^a   Godsey, Larry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Forest farming; Lentinus edodes; Log grown mushrooms; Porter's five forces model

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; LENTINULA EDODES;

EID: 45749090867     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.3.489     Document Type: Article

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