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Tomasz Hura1, Katarzyna Hura2, Agnieszka Ostrowska1
1Polish Academy of Sciences, The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Kraków, Poland.
Plant, Cell & Environment
|September 8, 2025
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