Yu, Yang
Shi, Jianyang
Li, Xiyang
Liu, Jian
Geng, Qi
Shi, Haichun
Ke, Yongpei
Sun, Qun
Funding for this research was provided by:
International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (2015DFR31060)
The Key Research and Development Program of Sichuan (2017NZ0007)
Article History
Received: 24 March 2018
Accepted: 11 September 2018
First Online: 11 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Two commercial maize seeds used in this study were provided by Sichuan Nongda Zhenghong Bio. Co., Ltd., China, and field permission was not necessary to collect the plant samples for this study. The authors declared that experimental research on the plants described in this study comply with institutional, national and international guidelines.
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