A group of 334 Avena sterilis L. strains was grown at Ames, Iowa, and measured for groat and straw‐protein percentages and heading date. F3 segregates from five crosses between A. sativa ✕ A. sterilis lines were measured for the same traits.Straw protein for the A. sterilis strains ranged from 5.5 to 14.6%. Three A. sativa lines used as checks had mean percentages from 5.6 to 6.7. Collections from Libya generally had higher levels of straw and groat protein than those from other countries, even though the strain with the highest straw protein, PI 324721, was from Greece.There was a positive correlation between heading date and straw‐protein percentage, but one A. sterilis strain, PI 324774, was early and had 12.1% straw protein. Groat protein and straw protein were uncorrelated for the A. sterilis strains.The inheritance of straw‐protein content probably was due to a small number of segregating effective factor pairs.
Growers have increasingly expressed frustration over the negative externalities created by their neighbor's production practices. These spatial agricultural network problems include issues such as cross‐pollination and herbicide drift. We develop novel methods for estimating parameters that allow us to adapt and apply general network diffusion models to these spatial agricultural network problems. Doing so allows us to calculate externality damage within a region and calculate cost‐effective policies for alleviating that externality. We empirically illustrate, motivate, and test this approach by applying it to hemp. We find that network structure is an important factor in externality size and cost‐effective policy response for spatial agricultural network problems. We also find that policies that are implemented early and proactively are more likely to be successful and cost effective than policies implemented retroactively. Finally, we find that in our application of limiting the cross‐pollination damage experienced by growers of feminized hemp from non‐feminized hemp growers, the most cost‐effective policy is to establish a regional quota on non‐feminized production combined with intertemporal cultivar spacing. This policy response will likely change across time and region as economic and network variables evolve.
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