Why does sugarcane (Saccharum sp. hybrid) grow slowly?

Carbon partitioning in sugarcane (Saccharum species)

Focus has centered on C-partitioning in stems of sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) due to their high-sucrose accumulation features, relevance to other grasses, and rising economic value. Here we review how sugarcane balances between sucrose storage, respiration, and cell wall biosynthesis. The specific topics involve (1) accumulation of exceptionally high sucrose levels (up to over 500 mM), (2) a poten...

The Biology of the Saccharum spp. (Sugarcane)

Why does the number of uninsured Americans continue to grow?

Declining employer-sponsored coverage from the 1970s to the mid-1990s has been attributed to a variety of factors: the shift from manufacturing to servicesector jobs, increased temporary and parttime employment, decreasing unionization, a decline in real wages, and growth in health care costs. During the late 1980s and early 1990s this decline was partially offset by large increases in Medicaid...

Why Does a City Grow? Specialisation, Human Capital or Institutions?

Why are there persistent differences in income between metropolitan areas? The answer to this question has evaded much of the scholarship on the topic. Some of the frameworks that drive empirical research in this field are based on ad hoc combinations of explanatory factors, ranging from natural climate, to business climate, to land and labour costs. Theoretical approaches emphasise economic sp...

Why Do Resource Abundant Economies Grow More Slowly? A New Explanation and an Application to Venezuela

This paper suggests an alternative explanation for why resource-rich economies have lower growth rates: because they are likely to be living beyond their means. It is shown that overshooting the steady state's equilibrium consumption and investment can be optimal in a Ramsey growth model with natural resources. Therefore the economy will converge to its steady state from above, displaying negat...