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Silicon: a duo synergy for regulating crop growth and hormonal signaling under abiotic stress conditions

Yoon-Ha KimSchool of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea, ;Division of Plant Sciences and National Center for Soybean Biotechnology, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA, and
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Abdul Latif KhanUoN Chair of Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman
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In-Jung LeeSchool of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea, Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 1099-1109 | Received 05 Feb 2015, Accepted 04 Jul 2015, Published online: 18 Sep 2015

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