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Precision plant breeding using genome editing technologies

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This work was supported by grants from the National Transgenic Science and Technology Program (2018ZX0801002B, 2018ZX0800102B and 2019ZX08010).

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Gao, C. Precision plant breeding using genome editing technologies. Transgenic Res 28 (Suppl 2), 53–55 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-019-00132-7

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