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- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10371905
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- Journal Name:
- The Plant Journal
- Volume:
- 100
- Issue:
- 5
- ISSN:
- 0960-7412
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- p. 923-937
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- National Science Foundation
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