@article{Fonsah:232281,
      recid = {232281},
      author = {Fonsah, Esendugue Greg and Awondo, Sebastian N.},
      title = {Cost Estimates and Investment Analysis for Muscadine  Grapes Production in Georgia},
      journal = {Journal of Food Distribution Research},
      address = {2016-03},
      number = {856-2016-58208},
      pages = {5},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia), also known as wild grapes  are native to the Southeastern United States and well  adapted to the warm and humid conditions of the region.   Georgia is the largest producer of mscadine grapes in the  United States and has enjoyed a market niche for decades  consisting of fresh fruit processed for jams, juice and  wine.  In recent years, precision breeding using cisgenic  technology has allow the development of new  disease-resistant and seedless cultivars with potentials to  serve different end-use market segments.  However, the  profitability of muscadine grapes cultivars newly developed  with cisgenic technology relative to those developed with  traditional transgenic technology is still questionable.   This study takes a first step in bridging the gap in the  literative with the objective to estimate the costs,  revenue and profitability of producing transgenic-bred  muscadine grapes in Georgia using a Single Trellis System  with drip irrigation.  Subsequently, we plan to derive  similiar estimates for a new cisgenicbred rot resistant and  seedless counterpart, currently in field trials, and  compare both estimates to determine which of the two has  the highest economic potentials in term of profitability  and or net returns to the growers.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/232281},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.232281},
}