An investigation of U.S. apple producers' trait prioritization-evidence from audience surveys

HortScience

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1378-1384

  Yue, Chengyan ^a   Gallardo, R Karina ^b   Luby, James ^a   Rihn, Alicia ^a   McFerson, James R ^c   McCracken, Vicki ^d   Bedford, David ^a   Brown, Susan ^e   Evans, Kate ^d   Weebadde, Cholani ^f   Sebolt, Audrey ^f   Iezzoni, Amy F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple breeding; Fruit quality traits; Ordered probit model; Rosaceae; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 84888123947     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.48.11.1378     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Alpuerto, V.E., G.W. Norton, J. Alwang, and A.M. Ismail. 2009. Economic impact analysis of marker-assisted breeding for tolerance to salinity and phosphorous deficiency in rice. Rev. Agr. Econ. 31:779-792.
2. Barritt, B. 1999. The necessity of adopting new apple varieties to meet consumer needs. 42nd Annu. IDFTA Conf., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 19 Feb. 2012. .
3. Daillant-Spinnler, B., H.J.H. MacFie, P.K. Beyts, and D. Hedderley. 1996. Relationships between perceived sensory properties and major preference directions of 12 varieties of apples from the Southern Hemisphere. Food Qual. Prefer. 7:113-126.
4. Davis, C.G. and J.M. Gillespie. 2004. What role does specialization play in farm size in the U.S. hog industry? Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Tulsa, OK.
5. Dinis, I., O. Simoes, and J. Moreira. 2011. Using sensory experiments to determine consumers' willingness to pay for traditional apple varieties. Span. J. Agr. Res. 9:351-362.
6. Dirlewanger, E., E. Graziano, T. Joobeur, F. Garriga-Caldere, P. Cosson, W. Howad, and P. Arus. 2004. Comparative mapping and markerassisted selection in Rosaceae fruit crops. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:9891-9896.
7. Evans, K., J. Luby, S. Brown, M. Clark, Y. Guan, B. Orcheski, C. Schmitz, C. Peace, E. van de Weg, and A. Iezzoni. 2012. Large-scale standardized phenotyping of apple in RosBREED. ISHS Postharvest Unlimited. Acta Hort. 945: 233-238.
8. Fuglie, K.O. and T.S. Walker. 2001. Economic incentives and resource allocation in U.S. public and private plant breeding. J. Agr. Appl. Econ. 33:459-473.
9. Galinato, S. and R.K. Gallardo. 2012. 2011 cost estimates of establishing, producing, and packing Honeycrisp apples in Washington. Washington State University Extension Fact Sheet FS062E. 6May 2013. .
10. Galinato, S., D. Granatstein, and M. Taylor. 2011. 2010 cost estimates of establishing and producing organic apples in Washington. Washington State University Extension Fact Sheet FS041E. 06 May 2013. .
11. Gallardo, R.K. and S. Galinato. 2012. 2012 cost estimates of establishing, producing, and packing Red Delicious apples inWashington. Washington State University Extension Fact Sheet FS099E. February. 6May 2013. .
12. Gallardo, R.K., M. Taylor, and H. Hinman. 2012. 2009 cost estimates of establishing and producing Gala apples in Washington. Washington State University Extension Fact Sheet FS005E. February. 6 May 2013. .
13. Greene, W.H. and D.A. Hensher. 2008. Modeling ordered choices: A primer and recent developments. New York University. 29 Mar. 2013. .
14. Hall, R.H., H.L. Collier, M.L. Thomas, and M.G. Hilgers. 2005. A student response system for increasing engagement, motivation, and learning in high enrollment lectures. Proc. of the Eleventh Americas Conference on Information Systems. p. 1-7.
15. Iezzoni, A., C. Weebadde, J. Luby, C. Yue, C.P. Peace, N. Bassil, and J. McFerson. 2010. RosBREED: Enabling marker-assisted breeding in Rosaceae. Acta Hort. 859:389-394.
16. Jesionkowska, K., D. Konopacka, and W. Ploscharski. 2006. The quality of apples-Preferences among consumers from Skierniewice, Poland. J. of Fruit and Ornamental Plant Res. 14:173-182.
17. Kajikawa, C. 1998. Quality level and price in Japanese apple market. Agribusiness 14:227-234.
18. Lancaster, K.J. 1966. A new approach to consumer behavior theory. J. Polit. Econ. 74:132-157.
19. Luby, J. and D. Shaw. 2001. Does marker-assisted selection make dollars and sense in a fruit breeding program? HortScience 36:872-879.
20. Manalo, A.B. 1990. Assessing the importance of apple attributes: An agricultural application of conjoint analysis. N.E. J. Agr. Res. Econ. 19: 118-124.
21. McCarter, M.W. and A. Caza. 2009. Audience response systems as a data collection method in organizational research. J. Manage. Organ. 15: 122-131.
22. McCluskey, J.J., B.P. Horn, C.A. Durham, R.C. Mittelhammer, and Y. Hu. 2013. Valuation of internal quality characteristics across apple cultivars. Agribus. 29:228-241.
23. McCluskey, J.J., R.C. Mittelhammer, A.B. Marin, and K.S. Wright. 2007. Effect of quality characteristics on consumers' willingness to pay for Gala apples. Can. J. Agr. Econ. 55:217-231.
24. Michigan Apple Committee. 2013. History of apples. 30 Aug. 2013. .
25. Mouron, P., B. Heijne, A. Naef, J. Strassemeyer, F. Hayer, J. Avilla, A. Alaphilippe, H. Höhn, J. Hernandez, G. Mack, G. Gaillard, J. Solé, B. Sauphanor, A. Patocchi, J. Samietz, E. Bravin, C. Lavigne, M. Bohanec, B. Golla, C. Scheer, U. Aubert, and F. Bigler. 2013. Sustainability assessment of crop protection systems: SustainOS methodology and its application for apple orchards. Agr. Syst. 113:1-15.
26. Powe, B.D., R.C. Faulkenberry, L. Harmond, and D.L. Cooper. 2009. Evaluating the use of an audience response technology system to collect research data among African American elders. Ageing Int. 34:60-66.
27. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistical Services. 2010. Fruit and tree nut yearbook, 1980 to date. Economic Research Service USDA. 25 Jan. 2013. .
28. Zimmerman, K.L. and I.A. Van der Lans. 2009. The paradigm of consumer-driven and responsive supply chains: An integrated project approach. J. Hort. Sci. & Biotechnol. ISAFRUIT Special Issue:7-12.