Fang, Tingzhou
Qian, Chaoju
Daoura, Bachir Goudia
Yan, Xia
Fan, Xingke
Zhao, Pengshu
Liao, Yuqiu
Shi, Liang
Chang, Yuxiao
Ma, Xiao-Fei
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31901079)
Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFJ-BRP-007-015)
the Special Funds for Scientific and Technological Innovation
Development in Gansu Province
Article History
Received: 25 September 2022
Accepted: 3 March 2023
First Online: 30 March 2023
Declarations
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: Not applicable.
: The wild seed collection and the trial conducted in this study were in no violation of any legislation, including the IUCN Policy Statement on Research Involving Species at Risk of Extinction and the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The wild seeds of the two ecotypes were identified by Prof. Xiao-Fei Ma, the collection was permitted by the local government of the aforementioned sites. The voucher specimens for wild seeds used in this study are reserved in the <i>A. squarrosum</i> seed bank at Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, with voucher ID AEX2019-25-2 and WW2019-13-3, respectively, and are available on request.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.