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Review Article

Understanding plant responses to phosphorus starvation for improvement of plant tolerance to phosphorus deficiency by biotechnological approaches

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Pages 16-30 | Received 17 Nov 2012, Accepted 07 Feb 2013, Published online: 16 Apr 2013

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