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  1. Reproductive stage drought stress (RDS) is a major global threat to rice production. Due to climate change, water scarcity is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon in major rice-growing areas worldwide. U...

    Authors: Aparna Eragam, Ankita Mohapatra, Vishnu Shukla, Rajashekar Varma Kadumuri, Abin Panackal George, Latha Putta, Srividhya Akkareddy, Sreenivas Chavali, Lakshminarayana R. Vemireddy and Eswarayya Ramireddy
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:493
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  2. Heterosis is a complex phenomenon wherein the hybrids outperform their parents. Understanding the underlying molecular mechanism by which hybridization leads to higher yields in allopolyploid cotton is critica...

    Authors: Rasmieh Hamid, Feba Jacob, Zahra Ghorbanzadeh, Leila Jafari and Omran Alishah
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:488
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  3. Viburnum chinshanense is an endemic species found exclusively in the North-Central and South-Central regions of China. This species is a lush garden ornamental tree and is extensively utilized for vegetation rest...

    Authors: Haoxiang Zhu, Yuanyu Shan, Jingling Li, Xue Zhang, Jie Yu and Haiyang Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:487
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  4. Microbial communities have occasionally been observed in part of the ephemeric reproductive structure of floral stigmas, but their prevalence, phylogenetic diversity and ecological roles are understudied. This...

    Authors: Karolina Ruraż, Sebastian Wojciech Przemieniecki, Magdalena Błaszak, Sylwia Dagmara Czarnomska, Ireneusz Ochmian and Renata Piwowarczyk
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:486
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  5. Chromosome number and genome size changes via dysploidy and polyploidy accompany plant diversification and speciation. Such changes often impact also morphological characters. An excellent system to address th...

    Authors: Hyeonjin Kim, Bokyung Choi, Changyoung Lee, Jin-Hyub Paik, Chang-Gee Jang, Hanna Weiss-Schneeweiss and Tae-Soo Jang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:485
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  6. Light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding proteins (Lhcb) play crucial roles in plant growth, development, and the response to abiotic stress in higher plants. Previous studies have reported that Lhcb genes were i...

    Authors: Xiaolong Li, Zeyu Jiang, Chaofan Zhang, Kefan Cai, Hui Wang, Weiyi Pan, Xuepeng Sun, Yongbin Gao and Kai Xu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:484
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:642

  7. Though many abiotic factors are constantly changing, the photoperiod is a predictable factor that enables plants to time many physiological responses. This timing is regulated by the circadian clock, yet littl...

    Authors: Corine Faehn, Michael Reichelt, Axel Mithöfer, Timo Hytönen, Jørgen Mølmann and Laura Jaakola
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:483
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  8. Shoot branching of flowering plants exhibits phenotypic plasticity and variability. This plasticity is determined by the activity of axillary meristems, which in turn is influenced by endogenous and exogenous ...

    Authors: Zhiwei Luo, Dan Jones, Sarah Philp-Wright, Joanna Putterill and Kimberley Cathryn Snowden
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:482
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  9. Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), as a key enzyme in the phenylalanine metabolism pathway in plants, plays an important role in the response to environmental stress. However, the PAL family responding to abiotic...

    Authors: Haiyan Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang, Huixia Zhao, Jin Hu, Zhaoyang Wang, Guangsheng Yang, Xianming Zhou and Heping Wan
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:481
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  10. Suspension culture is widely used in the establishment of efficient plant regeneration systems, as well as in the mass production of plant secondary metabolites. However, the establishment of a suspension cult...

    Authors: Zhaodong Hao, Jinyu Shi, Hua Wu, Yiqing Yan, Kaifei Xing, Renhua Zheng, Jisen Shi and Jinhui Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:480
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  11. Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is the third largest source of vegetable oil in the world, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) is a major soil-borne fungal plant pathogen that infects more than 400 plant species, in...

    Authors: Ling Xie, Hongju Jian, Haoxi Dai, Youhong Yang, Yiling Liu, Lijuan Wei, Min Tan, Jiana Li and Liezhao Liu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:479
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  12. Auxin plays an important role in plant resistance to abiotic stress. The modulation of gene expression by Auxin response factors (ARFs) and the inhibition of auxin/indole-3-acetic acid (Aux/IAA) proteins play ...

    Authors: Liangliang Li, Yan Li, Wenxuan Quan and Guijie Ding
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:478
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:514

  13. To deter herbivore attacks, plants employ a diverse array of volatile compounds, particularly during the early developmental stages. The highly expressed genes LaTPS7, LaTPS8, and LaCYP71D582 were identified duri...

    Authors: Zhengyi Ling, Jingrui Li, Yanmei Dong, Wenying Zhang, Hongtong Bai, Shu Li, Su Wang, Hui Li and Lei Shi
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:477
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  14. Salinity stress is one of the major hurdles in agriculture which adversely affects crop production. It can cause osmotic imbalance, ion toxicity that disrupts essential nutrient balance, impaired nutrient upta...

    Authors: Yuhan Ma, Ping Huang, Shoucheng Huang, Uzma Younis, Ghulam Sabir Hussain, Shah Fahad, Subhan Danish, Mohamed Soliman Elshikh and Humaira Rizwana
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:476
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  15. Cassava is an ideal food security crop in marginal and drought environment. However, the post-harvest storage of cassava is urgent problem to be resolved. In this study, the storage tolerant and non-tolerant c...

    Authors: Haitian Fu, Ying Zhao, Jianqi Huang, Yanchun Luo, Zusheng Wei, Benchi Yu and Feng Wen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:475
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  16. Clonal plants can successfully adapt to various ecosystems. A trade-off between sexual and clonal reproduction is generally assumed in clonal plants, which may be influenced both by the characteristics of the ...

    Authors: Saixiyala, Lingling Chen, Fengyan Yi, Xiao Qiu, Hailian Sun, Hongxia Cao, Taogetao Baoyin, Xuehua Ye and Zhenying Huang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:474
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  17. Soil fertility decline due to nutrient mining coupled with low inorganic fertilizer usage is a major cause of low crop yields across sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, biochar potential to improve soil fertility ha...

    Authors: Cosmas Wacal, Daniel Basalirwa, John Byalebeka, Mitsuri Tsubo and Eiji Nishihara
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:473
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  18. In faba bean, continuous cropping severely affects plant growth and increases the incidence of fusarium wilt due to the accumulation of pathogens and autotoxic substances. The intercropping of faba bean and wh...

    Authors: Bijie Hu, Yiran Zheng, Jiaxing Lv, Jing Zhang and Yan Dong
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:472
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  19. The WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) family members are plant-specific transcriptional factors, which function in meristem maintenance, embryogenesis, lateral organ development, as well as abiotic stress toleran...

    Authors: Aijiao Xu, Jiaqi Yang, Siqi Wang, Lin Zheng, Jing Wang, Yunwei Zhang, Xiaojing Bi and Hui Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:471
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  20. Genomic imprinting refers to a subset of genes that are expressed from only one parental allele during seed development in plants. Studies on genomic imprinting have revealed that intraspecific variations in g...

    Authors: Xiaomei Dong, Haishan Luo, Wenjing Bi, Hanyu Chen, Shuai Yu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yuxin Dai, Xipeng Cheng, Yupeng Xing, Xiaoqin Fan, Yanbin Zhu, Yanling Guo and Dexuan Meng
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:470
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  21. In the context of climate change, maize is facing unprecedented heat stress (HS) threats during grain filling. Understanding how HS affects yield is the key to reducing the impact of climate change on maize pr...

    Authors: Lingling Qu, Xiaotian Gu, Jing Li, Jian Guo and Dalei Lu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:469
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  22. Drought is a critical abiotic stress that influences maize yield and reduces grain yield when it occurs at the flowering or filling stage. To dissect the genetic architecture of grain yield under drought stres...

    Authors: Zhang Ningning, Liu Binbin, Ye Fan, Chang Jianzhong, Zhou Yuqian, Wang Yejian, Zhang Wenjie, Zhang Xinghua, Xu Shutu and Xue Jiquan
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:468
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  23. The mechanisms and regulation for DNA replication in plant organelles are largely unknown, as few proteins involved in replisome assembly have been biochemically studied. A primase-helicase dubbed Twinkle (T7 ...

    Authors: Antolin Peralta-Castro, Francisco Cordoba-Andrade, Corina Díaz-Quezada, Rogerio Sotelo-Mundo, Robert Winkler and Luis G. Brieba
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:467
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  24. Chimonobambusa hejiangensis (C.hejiangensis) is a high-quality bamboo species native to China, known for its shoots that are a popular nutritional food. Three C.hejiangensis cultivars exhibit unique color variati...

    Authors: Lei Yu, Jinjun Yue, Yaxing Dai, Ling Zhang, Qiu Wang and Jinling Yuan
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:466
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  25. The P-stalk is a conserved and vital structural element of ribosome. The eukaryotic P-stalk exists as a P0-(P1-P2)2 pentameric complex, in which P0 function as a base structure for incorporating the stalk onto 60...

    Authors: Zhenyi Chang, Xia Wang, Xiaoying Pan, Wei Yan, Wenshi Wu, Yi zhuang, Zhiai Li, Dan Wang, Shuting Yuan, Chunjue Xu, Zhufeng Chen, Dongfeng Liu, Zi Sheng Chen, Xiaoyan Tang and Jianxin Wu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:465
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  26. The aim of this study was to compare and investigate the effects of 1-(3-phenyl-propyl) cyclopropene (PPCP) and melatonin (MT) as anti-ethylene agents on postharvest senescence, quality, chilling tolerance, an...

    Authors: Emad Hamdy Khedr, Nagwa Khedr and Mohamed Abdel-Haleem
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:464
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  27. Rehmannia glutinosa is a rich source of terpenoids with a high medicinal reputation. The present study compared dedifferentiated cells (DDCs) and cambial meristematic cells (CMCs) cell cultures of R. glutinosa fo...

    Authors: Pengfei Zhou, Haihua Li, Yujin Lin, Yujun Zhou, Yinzi Chen, Yiheng Li, Xuan Li, Hui Yan, Weiming Lin, Beilu Xu, Huiting Deng and Xiaoqi Qiu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:463
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  28. Mechanosensitive (MS) ion channels provide efficient molecular mechanism for transducing mechanical forces into intracellular ion fluxes in all kingdoms of life. The mechanosensitive channel of small conductan...

    Authors: Zaibao Zhang, Fan Ye, Tao Xiong, Jiahui Chen, Jiajia Cao, Yurui Chen and Sushuang Liu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:462
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  29. The carnivorous genus Utricularia also includes aquatic species that have the potential to trap a wide range of prey, leading its death due to anoxia. However, the effectiveness of such an approach with carnivoro...

    Authors: Nayana Gunathilaka, Ravina Perera, Deepika Amerasinghe and Lahiru Udayanga
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:461
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  30. In nature, beneficial bacteria triggering induced systemic resistance (ISR) may protect plants from potential diseases, reducing yield losses caused by diverse pathogens. However, little is known about how the...

    Authors: Yongming Duan, Min Han, Maja Grimm, Jasper Schierstaedt, Jafargholi Imani, Massimiliano Cardinale, Marie Le Jean, Joseph Nesme, Søren J. Sørensen and Adam Schikora
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:460
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  31. Mangrove forests grow in coastal areas, lagoons, estuaries, and deltas and form the main vegetation in tidal and saline wetlands. Due to the mankind activities and also changes in climate, these forests face d...

    Authors: Laleh Malekmohammadi, Masoud Sheidai, Farrokh Ghahremaninejad, Afshin Danehkar and Fahimeh Koohdar
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:459
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  32. Duckweeds are small, rapidly growing aquatic flowering plants. Due to their ability for biomass production at high rates they represent promising candidates for biofuel feedstocks. Duckweeds are also excellent...

    Authors: Hai Shi, Evan Ernst, Nicolas Heinzel, Sean McCorkle, Hardy Rolletschek, Ljudmilla Borisjuk, Stefan Ortleb, Robert Martienssen, John Shanklin and Jorg Schwender
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:458
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  33. Russeting is a major problem in many fruit crops. Russeting is caused by environmental factors such as wounding or moisture exposure of the fruit surface. Despite extensive research, the molecular sequence tha...

    Authors: Jannis Straube, Shreya Suvarna, Yun-Hao Chen, Bishnu P. Khanal, Moritz Knoche and Thomas Debener
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:457
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  34. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is the most abundant type of RNA modification in eukaryotic cells, playing pivotal roles in multiple plant growth and development processes. Yet the potential role of m6A in ...

    Authors: Jiawen Zhao, Chujun Zhang, Sifan Li, Mengmeng Yuan, Wenlan Mu, Jing Yang, Yutong Ma, Cuiping Guan and Chuang Ma
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:456
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  35. Salt stress is one of the key factors limiting rice production. Alginate oligosaccharides (AOS) enhance plant stress resistance. However, the molecular mechanism underlying salt tolerance in rice induced by AO...

    Authors: You-Wei Du, Ling Liu, Nai-Jie Feng, Dian-Feng Zheng, Mei-Ling Liu, Hang Zhou, Peng Deng, Ya-xing Wang and Hui-Min Zhao
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:455
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  36. Due to unreasonable nitrogen (N) application and water supply, sweet potato vines tend to grow excessively. Early development of storage roots is conducive to inhibiting vine overgrowth. Hence, we investigated...

    Authors: Wenxue Duan, Haiyan Zhang, Qingmei Wang, Beitao Xie and Liming Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:454
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  37. Color-leaved O. fragrans is a variety of Osmanthus fragrans, which has both the fragrance of Osmanthus and the color of color-leaved plants. However, the molecular mechanism of color change of color-leaved O. fra...

    Authors: Peng Guo, Ziqi Huang, Wei Zhao, Nan Lin, Yihan Wang and Fude Shang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:453
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  38. Olive is one of the most cultivated species in the Mediterranean Basin and beyond. Despite being extensively studied for its commercial relevance, the origin of cultivated olive and the history of its domestic...

    Authors: Roberto Mariotti, Angjelina Belaj, Raúl de la Rosa, Rosario Muleo, Marco Cirilli, Ivano Forgione, Maria Cristina Valeri and Soraya Mousavi
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:452
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  39. Drought resistance is a complex characteristic closely related to the severity and duration of stress. Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) has no distinct drought tolerance but often encounters drought stress ...

    Authors: Dan Wang, Yuting Zhang, Chunyan Chen, Ruixin Chen, Xuechun Bai, Zhiquan Qiang, Juanjuan Fu and Tao Qin
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:451
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  41. The growth of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is significantly hampered by drought and nutrient deficiencies. The identification of root architectural and anatomical characteristics holds paramount importance for th...

    Authors: Xinya Pan, Pengfei Wang, Xianwei Wei, Jinxin Zhang, Bingcheng Xu, Yinglong Chen, Gehong Wei and Zhi Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:449
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  42. R2R3-MYB is an important transcription factor family that regulates plant growth and development. Root development directly affects the absorption of water and nutrients by plants. Therefore, to understand the...

    Authors: Xinmin Lv, Shichang Tian, Shilian Huang, Junbin Wei, Dongmei Han, Jianguang Li, Dongliang Guo and Yan Zhou
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:448
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  43. Inositol monophosphates (IMP) are key enzymes in the ascorbic acid (AsA) synthesis pathways, which play vital roles in regulating plant growth and development and stresses tolerance. To date, no comprehensive ...

    Authors: Yapeng Fan, Fanjia Peng, Ruifeng Cui, Shuai Wang, Yupeng Cui, Xuke Lu, Hui Huang, Kesong Ni, Xiaoyu Liu, Tiantian Jiang, Xixian Feng, Mengyue Liu, Yuqian Lei, Wenhua Chen, Yuan Meng, Mingge Han…
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:447
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  44. Weeds represent a great constraint for agricultural production due to their remarkable adaptability and their ability to compete with crops. Climate change exacerbates the abiotic stresses that plants encounte...

    Authors: Nebojša Nikolić, Aurora Ghirardelli, Michela Schiavon and Roberta Masin
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:446
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  45. Drought is a major environmental stress that affects crop productivity worldwide. Although previous research demonstrated links between strigolactones (SLs) and drought, here we used barley (Hordeum vulgare) SL-i...

    Authors: Agata Daszkowska-Golec, Devang Mehta, R. Glen Uhrig, Agnieszka BrÄ…szewska, Ondrej Novak, Irene M. Fontana, Michael Melzer, Tomasz PÅ‚ociniczak and Marek Marzec
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:445
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  46. The genus Sanicula comprises ca. 45 taxa, widely distributed from East Asia to North America, which is a taxonomically difficult genus with high medicinal value in Apiaceae. The systematic classification of the g...

    Authors: Huimin Li, Mingsong Wu, Qiang Lai, Wei Zhou and Chunfeng Song
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:444
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  47. Si can be important for the growth, functioning, and stoichiometric regulation of nutrients for high-Si-accumulating bamboo. However, other trees do not actively take up dissolved silicic acid [Si(OH)4] from the ...

    Authors: Xiaoyu Liu, Xinghao Tang, Zacchaeus G. Compson, Dongmei Huang, Guiwu Zou, Fenggang Luan, Qingni Song, Xiong Fang, Qingpei Yang and Jun Liu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:443
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  48. Lodging is a major factor contributing to yield loss and constraining the mechanical harvesting of wheat crops. Genetic improvement through breeding effectively reduced the lodging and improved the grain yield...

    Authors: Yang Wang, Yonghui Pan, Fulin Zhao, Xiangping Meng, Qun Li, Yudfang Huang and Youliang Ye
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:442
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  49. Heat shock factor (HSF), a typical class of transcription factors in plants, has played an essential role in plant growth and developmental stages, signal transduction, and response to biotic and abiotic stres...

    Authors: Yanyan Ren, Rui Ma, Muhua Xie, Yue Fan, Liang Feng, Long Chen, Hao Yang, Xiaobao Wei, Xintong Wang, Kouhan Liu, Peng Cheng and Baotong Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:441
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  50. Dioecious plants have male and female flowers on separate plants. Jojoba is a dioecious plant that is drought-tolerant and native to arid areas. The genome sequence of male and female plants was recently repor...

    Authors: Bader Alsubaie, Ardashir Kharabian-Masouleh, Agnelo Furtado, Othman Al-Dossary, Ibrahim Al-Mssallem and Robert J. Henry
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2023 23:440
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