Research Notes: Agriculture Canada and United States Department of Agriculture

In an increase plot of foundation seeds of Harosoy in 1957 at Urbana, a number of Harosoy-type plants were found with flowers of a deeper red than the normal purple (P). The color is best described as magenta (M). This mutant was added to the Genetic Type Collection as T235

Research Notes: Agriculture Canada

Nine flavonol glycosides occur in various soybean cultivars with gene t1 resulting in kaempferol and T1 controlling the presence of quercetin plus kaempferol (Buttery and Buzzell, 1973). The sugars of these glycosides have been identified and four flavonol glycoside genes have been studied (Buzzell and Buttery, 1973, and unpublished). A monoglucoside is the basic glycoside; it is present even when the four genes are recessive

Determinants of profitability in European manufacturing and services: evidence from a dynamic panel model

Recent advances in panel data econometrics are used to investigate the determinants of profitability for manufacturing and service sector firms in Belgium, France, Italy and the UK, for the period 1993-2001. The paper synthesizes empirical models that have been used by researchers in industrial economics, strategic management and accounting and finance. Despite the formation of the European Union's Single Market in goods and services, abnormal profit still appears to persist significantly from year to year. There is evidence of a negative size-profitability relationship, but the relationship between market share and profitability is positive, and stronger in manufacturing than in services. The relationship between a firm's gearing ratio and its profitability is negative, but firms with higher liquidity tend to be more profitable.