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Unveiling the Actual Functions of Awns in Grasses: From Yield Potential to Quality Traits

Awns, which are either bristles or hair-like outgrowths of lemmas in the florets, are one of the typical morphological characteristics of grass species. These stiff structures contribute to grain dispersal and burial and fend off animal predators. However, their phenotypic and genetic associations w...

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Autores principales: Ntakirutimana, Fabrice, Xie, Wengang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7589186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33066600
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21207593