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Apple Pest Management: A Cost Analysis of Alternative Practices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Daniel Rossi ,
Pritam S. Dhillon  and
Laura Hoffman
Daniel Rossi
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Cook College, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Pritam S. Dhillon
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Cook College, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Laura Hoffman
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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Pest control efforts for tree fruits, as well as other agricultural crops, have intensified in the U.S. during the past few decades. This increase is the result of the increase in pest population, the Food and Drug Administration's reduction in tolerance levels of insect parts permitted in foods, and the raising of cosmetic standards by food wholesalers and retailers (Hough and Gallahan).

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , Fall 1983 , pp. 77 - 81
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Publication Number D-02110-1-83, supported by State funds and U.S. Hatch Act. The authors would like to thank Dean Polk of the New Jersey Cooperative Extension Service for his support during the data collection phase of the project.

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