Tonoplast sugar transporter ZmTST1 positively regulates plant growth, salt and drought tolerance

Nan Sun1, Xin Xu2, Zihao Zhu2

  • 1The Engineering Research Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, Shandong, PR China; College of Horticulture, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, Shandong, PR China; Yantai Technology Center of Characteristic Plant Gene Editing and Germplasm Innovation, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, Shandong, PR China.

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