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Blue Light Receptor PHR2‐Mediated Spectrum Antiviral Immunity

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Blue light suppresses RBSDV through the blue‐light receptor ZmPHR2, which interacts with ZmISP in chloroplasts to trigger ROS burst and antiviral defense. The viral effector P6 enhances ZmPHR2–ZmISP interaction, alters their distribution, and suppresses ROS.
Runyi Chen   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

The assessment of the effect of agricultural and climate changes on the spread of spring wheat diseases in the Predkamie Area of the Republic of Tatarstan

open access: yesЗерновое хозяйство России, 2018
Wheat diseases belong to the principal biotic stress factors that negatively influence on spring wheat productivity. Development of diseases of a root system, leaves and a head result in decrease of both quantitative and qualitative characteristics of ...
V. A. Kolesar   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hedonic Imputation versus Time Dummy Hedonic Indexes [PDF]

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Statistical offices try to match item models when measuring inflation between two periods. However, for product areas with a high turnover of differentiated models, the use of hedonic indexes is more appropriate since they include the prices and ...
Saeed Heravi, Mick Silver, Erwin Diewert
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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leading economic indexes for New York State and New Jersey [PDF]

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The authors develop indexes of leading economic indicators for New York State and New Jersey over the 1972-99 period. They find that the leading indexes convey useful information about the future course of economic activity in both states.
Rae Rosen, James Orr, Robert Rich
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Integrated ecological quality assessment of the sea area adjacent to the Yellow River estuary under multiple pollutants

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science
Estuaries are increasingly threatened by pollutants derived from human activities, which severely impair their water quality, biodiversity, and ecological functions.
Wen Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Socially Responsible Investment Indexes Outperform Conventional Indexes? [PDF]

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The question of whether more socially responsible (SR) firms outperform or underperform other conventional firms has been debated in the economic literature.
Okimoto, Tatsuyoshi   +2 more
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Innovative cropping systems designed to reach both environmental and production targets: Data set of biotic and abiotic variables from a twelve-year French field trial

open access: yesData in Brief
The data set describes variables collected from a French (N 48.84°, E 1.95°) field trial, over a twelve-year period (2009-2020), in which four innovative cropping systems designed to reach multiple environmental and production goals were assessed.
Caroline Colnenne-David   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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