Table Info

Sample	τ₁ (ns)	A₁ (%)	τ₂ (ns)	A₂ (%)	τ_avg (ns)
GQDs 100	1.32	61.81	4.89	38.19	3.804529
GQDs 120	1.53	57.44	6.30	42.56	5.122501
GQDs 130	1.48	40.22	6.93	59.78	6.245294
GQDs 150	1.37	39.51	7.17	60.49	6.526459

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HP: Investigation, Writing—original draft. JC, WZ, LC, and JYY: Investigation. BL: Writing—review & editing. KY: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Writing—review & editing, Funding acquisition, Project administration.

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This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [52206198, 52206199, 12102155, 52076105]; Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20210759]; Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology (Jiangsu University), Ministry of Education [MAET202115]; Jiangsu Province and Education Ministry Co-sponsored Synergistic Innovation Center of Modern Agricultural Equipment [XTCX2028]; Senior Talent Foundation of Jiangsu University [19JDG029]; Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund [CX(21)3079]; Natural Science Research Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions [23KJB440001]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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