Valuing Pre-Commercial Genetic Resources: A Maximum Entropy Approach
Genetic improvement has been a major contributor to agricultural productivity in the United States, but many questions about the economics of crop breeding, such as the value of pre‐commercial germplasm, remain unanswered. This study estimates the marginal value of poorly characterized materials con...
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| author | Zohrabian, Armineh Traxler, Gregory Caudill, Steven Smale, Melinda |
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| description | Genetic improvement has been a major contributor to agricultural productivity in the United States, but many questions about the economics of crop breeding, such as the value of pre‐commercial germplasm, remain unanswered. This study estimates the marginal value of poorly characterized materials contained in the U.S. national germplasm system. Within the search theoretic framework, we apply a maximum entropy method to estimate the probability and the expected level of improvement in pest susceptibility relative to its best previously observed level. The results indicate that the lower‐bound estimate of benefit is significantly higher than the upper‐bound cost of conserving an accession. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1578882025-12-08T09:54:28Z Valuing Pre-Commercial Genetic Resources: A Maximum Entropy Approach Zohrabian, Armineh Traxler, Gregory Caudill, Steven Smale, Melinda wheat spatial planning diversification Genetic improvement has been a major contributor to agricultural productivity in the United States, but many questions about the economics of crop breeding, such as the value of pre‐commercial germplasm, remain unanswered. This study estimates the marginal value of poorly characterized materials contained in the U.S. national germplasm system. Within the search theoretic framework, we apply a maximum entropy method to estimate the probability and the expected level of improvement in pest susceptibility relative to its best previously observed level. The results indicate that the lower‐bound estimate of benefit is significantly higher than the upper‐bound cost of conserving an accession. 2003-05 2024-10-24T12:52:22Z 2024-10-24T12:52:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157888 en Limited Access Wiley Zohrabian, Armineh; Traxler, Gregory; Caudill, Steven; Smale, Melinda. 2003. Valuing Pre-Commercial Genetic Resources: A Maximum Entropy Approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85(2): 430-437. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8276.00131 |
| spellingShingle | wheat spatial planning diversification Zohrabian, Armineh Traxler, Gregory Caudill, Steven Smale, Melinda Valuing Pre-Commercial Genetic Resources: A Maximum Entropy Approach |
| title | Valuing Pre-Commercial Genetic Resources: A Maximum Entropy Approach |
| title_full | Valuing Pre-Commercial Genetic Resources: A Maximum Entropy Approach |
| title_fullStr | Valuing Pre-Commercial Genetic Resources: A Maximum Entropy Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Valuing Pre-Commercial Genetic Resources: A Maximum Entropy Approach |
| title_short | Valuing Pre-Commercial Genetic Resources: A Maximum Entropy Approach |
| title_sort | valuing pre commercial genetic resources a maximum entropy approach |
| topic | wheat spatial planning diversification |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157888 |
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