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Impacts of Microbial Inoculants as Integrated Pest ManagementTools in Apple Production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Holcer Chavez ,
Denis Nadolnyak  and
Joseph W. Kloepper
Holcer Chavez
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Denis Nadolnyak
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Joseph W. Kloepper
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
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Abstract

This article analyzes the impacts of microbial inoculant (MI) technology,which is a part of integrated pest management, on the U.S. apple productionusing farm-level data. To test the likely production impacts suggested byagronomic literature, we estimate a pesticide use function and stochasticproduction functions with damage control input specification. The resultsshow that although adoption of the MI technology does not reduce the use ofpesticides, the technology has a significant positive impact on yields andis associated with higher technical production efficiency rates.

Keywords

apple productionmicrobial inoculantspest managementproductivity analysisstochastic frontierD24Q13Q16

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Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , November 2013 , pp. 655 - 667
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2013

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