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Jiaxin Wang1, Yuxin Li1, Wenjun Yue1

  • 1College of Life Sciences, Jilin Agricultural University, Jilin130118, Changchun, China.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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Keywords:
SWEET sugar transportercarbon allocationcrop improvementlipid metabolismsource−sink relationship

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