The genetic control of propagation effects and the impact of stock-plant age and source was examined in 9 month-old Pinus radiata cuttings. The cuttings investigated were propagated from stock-plants aged between 2 and 5 years, and microcuttings propagated from 12 week old stock-plants. The design included 20 families, with seven clones per family and an average of seven ramets per clone. Five ...

This study tests the random walk hypothesis for the Indian stock market. Using 19 years of monthly data on six indices from the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), this study applies three different unit root tests with two structural breaks to analyse the random walk hypothesis. We find that unit root tests that allow for two structural breaks alone are not able ...

the reaction of nineteen different cultivars of cucurbita spp. including cucurbita pepo, cucurbita maxima and lagenaria siceraria to phytophthora capsici, phytophthora melonis and phytophthora drechsleri was studied under greenhouse conditions. plants were grown in steam sterilized soil. one-month-old plants were inoculated with vermiculate hempseed extract inocula of phytophthora and were floo...

In order to stand firmly and efficiently uptake water and nutrients, plants need complex root stock architectures. The root system in maize is characterized by different root types, each of which contributes to the development and establishment of plants in a distinctive manner. During very early development, the embryonic primary and seminal roots are predominant, together with their post-embr...

Three hardwall container types, one styroblock container type, and two mesh-covered plugs were used to grow longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) seedlings at a nursery in Louisiana. In 2001, these container types, along with bare-root seedlings (from a different seed source), were outplanted on two old-field sites and two cutover sites. There were significant site by treatment interactions. Se...

There is a large and growing literature that investigates evidence for mean reversion in stock prices. Empirically, there is no consensus as to whether stock prices are mean reverting or random walk processes; at best, the results are mixed. In this paper, we provide further evidence on the mean reversion hypothesis for seventeen European countries using the Levin and Lin (1992), seemingly unre...

Motivated by practices in modern supply chains, we consider capacity-inventory joint management for a make-to-stock manufacturing system operating under a base stock policy. The production facility is modeled as multiple servers operating in parallel. The number of servers corresponds to the capacity decision and the base stock level is the inventory decision. The main problem which we consider...