HOW FREE TRADE PILOT ZONES ENHANCE AGRICULTURAL GREEN TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY? THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM CHINA

How free trade pilot zones enhance agricultural green total factor productivity? Theory and evidence from China

IntroductionGiven the dual constraints of limited resources and environmental concerns, achieving green development in agriculture helps to enhance national food security, resource security, and ecological security.MethodsUtilizing panel data sourced from 30 provinces within China, spanning the years from 2001 to 2021, this paper employs the super-

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Laboratory Investigations on the Potential Efficacy of Biological Control Agents on Two Thrips Species, Onion Thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) and Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande))

Thrips biocontrol research in greenhouse crops has focused primarily on western flower thrips (WFT; Frankliniella occidentalis).However, recent outbreaks of onion thrips (OT; Thrips tabaci) in Ontario, Canada, demonstrate that biocontrol-based IPM programs for WFT do not control OT sufficiently to prevent crop losses.A lack of comparative studies m

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Design of a Ku Band Magic-T Using Groove Gap Waveguide Technology

We have designed a magic-T in groove gap waveguide technology which has been introduced to implement Optic Accessories low loss microwave component devices without any need to electrical contact between metal layers of the structure.The 180 degree hybrid was desined using three ports in groove waveguide and one waveguide port in the top plate in GG

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AHP6 inhibits cytokinin signaling to regulate the orientation of pericycle cell division during lateral root initiation.

In Arabidopsis thaliana, lateral roots (LRs) initiate from anticlinal cell divisions of pericycle founder cells.The formation of LR primordia is regulated antagonistically by the phytohormones cytokinin and auxin.It has previously been shown that cytokinin has an inhibitory effect on the patterning events occurring during LR formation.However, the

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