Seed storability in rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important agronomic trait. Two segregating populations with N22 (indica) as a common parent, viz. a set of 122 backcross-inbred lines (BILs) derived from the backcross Nanjing35 (japonica)/N22//Nanjing35 and another population comprising 189 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) from the cross of USSR5 (japonica) and N22, were studied to detect quantit...

Seed oligosaccharides (OSs) and especially raffinose series OSs (RSOs) are hypothesized to play an important role in the acquisition of desiccation tolerance and consequently in seed storability. In the present work we analyzed the seed-soluble OS (sucrose, raffinose, and stachyose) content of several Arabidopsis accessions and thus identified the genotype Cape Verde Islands having a very low R...

Unlike derivatives of financial contracts, commodity options exhibit distinct particularities owing to physical aspects of the underlying. An adaptation of no-arbitrage pricing to this kind of derivative turns out to be a stress test, challenging the martingale-based models with diverse technical and technological constraints, with storability and short selling restrictions, and sometimes with ...

quantitative and qualitative characteristics and storability of behbahan landrace, selected population from behbahan landrace and primavera cultivar were compared for two years (2009-2010) at behbahan agriculture research station. field experiment was performed based on randomized complete block design containing four replications. seedlings were transplanted in mid-december. a split plot in ti...

Unlike derivatives of financial contracts, commodity options exhibit distinct particularities owing to physical aspects of the underlying. An adaptation of no-arbitrage pricing to this kind of derivative turns out to be a stress test, challenging the martingale-based models with diverse technical and technological constraints, with storability and short selling restrictions, and sometimes with ...

| Environment and genotype a ect the composition, quality, storability and sensory properties of plant based-products. Visible-near infrared (NIR) spectral measurements is used increasingly to monitor fruit properties such as maturity, sensory properties and storability non-destructively both prior to harvest and during storage. To explore this problem, at harvest and after storage, visible-NIR...

Climate change provides new challenges to Nordic forestry. Use of non-native species, such as Douglas fir, can be a means of mitigating the effects of climate change and meeting the growing demand for biomass. When Douglas fir is grown in Sweden, it is several degrees of latitude north of its normal range, which can affect timing of growth cessation, hardening of seedlings, and seedling storabi...

The deregulation of electricity markets has led to higher uncertainty in electricity prices. Electricity, as a commodity, differs from other commodities and financial assets as it is not storable. Among the consequences of this non-storability restriction, the most conspicuous one is the presence of large spikes in electricity prices. Another outcome of the non-storability of electricity is tha...

This paper presents a framework to help decisions makers better measure the opportunity cost of resources with differing economic characteristics. After characterizing resources by the intrinsic lumpiness of acquisition (acquisition granularity), storability of benefits (expiration granularity), and control over the rate of consumption of available benefits (consumption granularity), this paper...

We consider a 2-period model in which buyers can store the good by purchasing in advance of consumption so as to realize potential gains from inter-temporal arbitrage. We find that storability introduces a kink in the aggregate period-1 demand. When supply is oligopolistic (quantity setting) and consumers are sufficiently patient (storage cost is relatively low) then each firm has a strong curr...