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Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal ...

The manuscript will be of interest to evolutionary biologists studying the genetics of complex traits and a resource for plant biologists studying mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance.