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importance of slow canopy wilting in drought tolerance in soybean. Journal of Experimental
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overlap of drought and low-temperature tolerance QTLs at the germination stage using backcross introgression lines in soybean. Mol Biol Rep 39(5):6087–6094
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OsDREB2A, a rice transcription factor significantly affects salt tolerance in transgenic soybean.
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Construction of a high-density genetic map by specific locus amplified fragment sequencing
(SLAF-seq) and its application to quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis for boll weight in upland
cotton (Gossypium hirsutum.). BMC Plant Biol 16:79
Zhang L, Li T, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Dong YS (2019) FvC5SD overexpression enhances drought
tolerance in soybean by reactive oxygen species scavenging and modulating stress-responsive
gene expression. Plant Cell Rep 38:1039–1051
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