Influence of plant traits on production costs and profitability of strawberry in southeast Queensland

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-32

  Herrington, Mark E ^a,b   Wegener, Malcolm ^b   Hardner, Craig ^b   Woolcock, Louella L ^a   Dieters, Mark J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fragaria ananassa; Gross margin; Plant breeding; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; HARVESTING; PLANT BREEDING; PRODUCTION COST; PROFITABILITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 82155186821     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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