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The authors thank the National Mid-term Genebank for Rice of China National Rice Research Institute for providing the rice germplasm collection. This work was supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (LY16C130006), the Basic Research Foundation of National Commonweal Research Institute (2014RG004-3), and the National Natural Science Foundation (31501272).
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Zhang, Y., Chen, H., Zhang, Y. et al. Root morphology in response to nitrogen supply in mid-season indica rice cultivars released in different decades. Sci. China Life Sci. 60, 439–442 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-016-0326-7
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