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Author Correction: A wiring diagram to integrate physiological traits of wheat yield potential
Matthew Paul Reynolds1, Gustavo Ariel Slafer2,3,4, John Michael Foulkes5
1International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico. m.reynolds@cgiar.org.
Nature Food
|April 28, 2023
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