Huang, Yanhua
Cui, Xin
Cen, Huifang
Wang, Kehua
Zhang, Yunwei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2014BAD23B03-02;2012AA101801)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31672478)
Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality (6162016)
Article History
Received: 10 September 2017
Accepted: 29 March 2018
First Online: 10 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Switchgrass seeds used in this study were purchased from Ernst Conservation Seeds (Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States) in 2010. Since the plant material was not collected from a wild source, no permissions/permits were necessary. The experiments complied with the ethical standards of People’s Republic of China, the country in which the experiments were performed.
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