Economic consequences of pierce's disease and related policy in the californiawinegrape industry

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-297

  Alston, Julian M ^a,b,c   Fuller, Kate B ^b   Kaplan, Jonathan D ^d   Tumber, Kabir P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HarvestMark ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

California; Invasive species; Perennial crop model; Pierce's Disease Control Program; Simulation model; Wine grapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890334975     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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