Wei, Shanshan
Wang, Xiangyu
Jiang, Dong
Dong, Shuting
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20170720)
the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (2017M611832)
the Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project of Jiangsu Province (1701040A)
the national key research and development program of China (2016YFD0300308)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31171497)
the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB100105)
the National Food Science and Technology of High-yield Program of China (2011BAD16B09)
the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest of China (20120306)
111 Project (B16026)
Article History
Received: 18 December 2017
Accepted: 17 December 2018
First Online: 29 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The variety used in this study (Denghai 618), is a high-yield and density-tolerance variety grown extensively in North China. The maize seeds were brought from Shandong Denghai Seeds Co., Ltd. As our experiment involves neither transgenic materials nor technology, it does not require ethical approval. The experimental research on plants performed in this study complies with institutional, national and international guidelines. The field study was conducted in accordance with local legislation.
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