This paper estimates the market power in the Czech banking sector during the period 2000 2010.In order to measure the degree of market power in the Czech banking sector, the authors used the Lerner index, the Herfindahl-Hirschman index and the concentration ratio.The Lerner index is applied to data from 15 banks, which covers about 90% of the Czech
Diverse Components of Resistance to Fusarium verticillioides Infection and Fumonisin Contamination in Four Maize Recombinant Inbred Families
The fungus Fusarium verticillioides can infect maize ears, causing Fusarium ear rot (FER) and contaminating the grain with fumonisins (FUM), which are harmful to humans and animals.Breeding for resistance to FER and FUM and post-harvest sorting of grain are two strategies for reducing FUM in the food system.Kernel and cob tissues have been previous