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Title: The wheat MYB-related transcription factor TaMYB72 promotes flowering in rice: TaMYB72 promoted flowering in rice
NSF-PAR ID:
10207973
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley-Blackwell
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Volume:
58
Issue:
8
ISSN:
1672-9072; JIPB
Page Range / eLocation ID:
p. 701-704
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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