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Michael Gutensohn1, Enguo Fan, Stefan Frielingsdorf

  • 1Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Weinbergweg 10, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.

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