Grain Amaranths Are Defoliation Tolerant Crop Species Capable of Utilizing Stem and Root Carbohydrate Reserves to Sustain Vegetative and Reproductive Growth after Leaf Loss

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Erandi Vargas-Ortiz,

Affiliation Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados-Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
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Eduardo Espitia-Rangel,

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Celaya, Guanajuato, México
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Axel Tiessen,

Affiliation Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados-Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
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John Paul Délano-Frier

* E-mail: jdelano@ira.cinvestav.mx

Affiliation Unidad de Biotecnología e Ingeniería Genética de Plantas. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados-Unidad Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
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