PROFIT EFFICIENCY IN FAMILY-OWNED CROP FARMS IN EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA: A TRANSLOG PROFIT FUNCTION APPROACH

Profit efficiency in family-owned crop farms in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: a translog profit function approach

Abstract Background Farm productivity on smallholder family-owned crop farms remains low despite several interventions to transform agriculture especially in developing countries.Farmers in rural areas face serious constraints that impede their productive capacities for the principal dietary staple, notably maize.Smallholder farmers have access to

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Loss of Long Distance Co-Expression in Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is one of the deadliest, most aggressive cancers.Abrupt changes in gene expression represent an important challenge to understand and fight the disease.Gene co-expression networks (GCNs) have been widely used to study the Gift Cards genomic regulatory landscape of human cancer.Here, based on 1,143 RNA-Seq experiments from the TCGA colla

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Major transcriptome reprogramming underlies floral mimicry induced by the rust fungus Puccinia monoica in Boechera stricta.

Pucciniamonoica is a spectacular plant parasitic rust fungus that triggers the formation of flower-like structures (pseudoflowers) in its Brassicaceae host plant Boecherastricta.Pseudoflowers mimic in shape, color, nectar and scent co-occurring and unrelated flowers such as buttercups.They act to attract insects thereby aiding spore dispersal and s

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