Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 January 2015
This article analyzes the impacts of microbial inoculant (MI) technology,which is a part of integrated pest management, on the U.S. apple productionusing farm-level data. To test the likely production impacts suggested byagronomic literature, we estimate a pesticide use function and stochasticproduction functions with damage control input specification. The resultsshow that although adoption of the MI technology does not reduce the use ofpesticides, the technology has a significant positive impact on yields andis associated with higher technical production efficiency rates.