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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31801885), Youth Fund of Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (QNJJ201811, QNJJ201801, QNJJ202032), Scientific and Technological Innovation Capacity Construction Special Funds of Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KJCX20200429) and National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFD0100703). We thank Willow Gabriel, PhD, from American Journal Experts (https://www.aje.com/), for editing the English texts of a draft of this manuscript.
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Li, M., Guo, S., Zhang, J. et al. Sugar transporter VST1 knockout reduced aphid damage in watermelon. Plant Cell Rep 41, 277–279 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-021-02797-z
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