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Biological Control of Giant Reed (Arundo donax): Economic Aspects
Emily K. Seawright1, M. Edward Rister1, Ronald D. Lacewell1, Allen W. Sturdivant2,
John A. Goolsby3, Dean A. McCorkle1
1 Texas A&M University, Department of Agricultural Economics, 318E Blocker Building, 2124 TAMU, College
Station, TX, 77843-2124, (979) 845-3801
2 Texas A&M University, AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 2401 E. Hwy 83, Weslaco, TX 78596, (956) 969-
5641
3 United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural
Research Center, 2413 E. Highway 8, Weslaco, Texas 78596, (956) 969-4803
Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 31-February 3, 2009
Copyright 2009 [by Emily K. Seawright, M. Edward Rister, Ronald D. Lacewell, Allen W. Sturdivant, John A. Goolsby, and
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This research is supported in part by the Agricultural Research Service (Project 90500) and the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Hatch projects TEX 09161 and H-9050), and the Rio Grande
Basin Initiative administered through the Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University System under Agreement
Numbers 2006-503772-93041 and 2007-628460-99022.