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Blue Light Receptor PHR2‐Mediated Spectrum Antiviral Immunity
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
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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
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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors
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
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Hedonic Imputation versus Time Dummy Hedonic Indexes [PDF]
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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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
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Leading economic indexes for New York State and New Jersey [PDF]
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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Estuaries are increasingly threatened by pollutants derived from human activities, which severely impair their water quality, biodiversity, and ecological functions.
Wen Li +6 more
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers
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
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Do Socially Responsible Investment Indexes Outperform Conventional Indexes? [PDF]
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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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
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