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- Title
Genetic modification and yield risk: A stochastic dominance analysis of corn in the USA.
- Authors
Nolan, Elizabeth; Santos, Paulo
- Abstract
Production risk has been ignored in most of the analysis of GM technology, which has mostly focused on its effects on mean yield. We use stochastic dominance to quantify the effect of GM traits on the entire distribution of yields in corn in the USA under a wide range of growing conditions. Although no GM hybrid outperforms conventional hybrids under all growing conditions, we present evidence that most GM hybrids can be considered as improvements of the yield distribution.
- Subjects
UNITED States; STOCHASTIC dominance; STOCHASTIC analysis; CORN analysis; CORN yields; CORN stover; SOIL science; PHYSICAL sciences
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2019, Vol 14, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0222156