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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Apple industry"”.
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Welfare effects of new fire blight control methods on the U.S. apple industry
… explored throughout agriculture including the apple industry. Recent progress has been made to fight against apple fire blight, which cost the Michigan apple industry nearly $42 million in the 2000 fire blight outbreak. Researchers are currently working to control fire blight through …
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The Potential role of the consumer in the revitalisation of the Romanian apple industry.
… conditions. Within the horticultural sector, the apple industry is one of the areas in urgent need of revitalisation. Reaching its peak under the communist centralised command system, the industry has to be rebuilt to new standards which recognise, perhaps for the first time, the role of the …
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Trade and Welfare Effects of Japan's Revised Import Protocol for American Apples
Japan's phytosanitary restrictions on apple imports were the subject of a long trade dispute with the American apple industry, which contended that mature, symptomless apples cannot transmit fire blight. This study addresses U.S.-Japanese trade issues in two parts. By providing the first estimate …
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Applications of Machine Learning in Apple Crop Yield Prediction
… learning techniques to predict yield in the apple industry. Crop yield prediction is important because it impacts resource and capacity planning. It is, however, challenging because yield is affected by multiple interrelated factors such as climate conditions and orchard management practices. …
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An analysis of retail apple marketing
… high quality product to the consumer, the apple industry is currently considering making condition a part of grade. Information concerning apple movement at the retail level is needed to help determine where such standards should be set. To provide such information, a study of six stores …
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The determination of the proper illumination for the apple packing plant
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, 1959
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Some factors affecting fresh apples purchases in retail stores
… decades the trend in per capita consumption of apples has been downward. This downward trend is evident when the per capita rates of apple consumption are compared for various time periods during these years. In fact, the trend in per capita consumption of apples has been steadily downward from …
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Work relations and forms of production in New Zealand agriculture
… of work relations and forms of production in apple orcharding and dairy farming in New Zealand. It is argued that many of the intense debates in the literature result from the research perspectives which are used - principally Marxist perspectives. While sympathetic to Marxist theory, a …
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Evaluation of rootstock and crop load effects on the performance of `Gibson Golden Delicious' and three scab-resistant apple cultivars
… the 20th century, Iowa ranked sixth in national apple production. Iowa currently provides about 15 percent of the 1.3 million bushels of fresh apples eaten by Iowans annually (Pirog, 1999) and is ranked at 28th in the nation in production. The reduction in rank was mostly due to the Armistice Day …
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Investigation of Regulatory Mechanisms of Chemical-Mediated Fruit Thinning in Apple (Malus X Domestica Borkh.)
Fruit thinning is critical to the success of apple industry because most apple trees are prone to biennial bearing characterized by heavy bloom and over-cropping in the "on" year and low or no cropping in the "off" year. Fruit thinning can improve fruit size, increase return bloom, and reduce …