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Short Communication

Better together: the use of virus-induced gene silencing technique to repress the expression of two endogenous citrus genes simultaneously

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Article: 2106079 | Received 15 Jun 2022, Accepted 21 Jul 2022, Published online: 02 Aug 2022

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