期刊论文

Wang, Rencai;Wang, Yong

英文

Agronomy Journal

0002-1962

2019

111

5

2341-2349

10.2134/agronj2019.02.0137

This work was supported by Hainan Natural Science Foundation (No. 318QN274), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31601723) and the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund for Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (No. 17CXTD-13). We are very grateful to the National Germplasm Nursery of Tropical Palm and the Scientific Observation and Experiment Station of Tropical Oil Crops of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, P.R. China for providing the coconut nuts.

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