Exogenous melatonin accelerates seed germination in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Shuang Xiao; Liantao Liu; Hao Wang; Dongxiao Li; Zhiying Bai; Yongjiang Zhang; Hongchun Sun; Ke Zhang; Cundong Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216575

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Exogenous melatonin accelerates seed germination in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Shuang Xiao,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province / Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, China
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Liantao Liu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: auhlcd@163.com (CL); liultday@126.com (LL)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province / Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0455-3484

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Hao Wang,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province / Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, China
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Dongxiao Li,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province / Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, China
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Zhiying Bai,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province / Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, China
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Yongjiang Zhang,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province / Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, China
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Hongchun Sun,

Roles Software

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province / Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, China
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Ke Zhang,

Roles Resources, Software

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province / Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, China
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Cundong Li

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: auhlcd@163.com (CL); liultday@126.com (LL)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province / Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei Province, China
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Exogenous melatonin accelerates seed germination in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Shuang Xiao,
Liantao Liu,
Hao Wang,
Dongxiao Li,
Zhiying Bai,
Yongjiang Zhang,
Hongchun Sun,
Ke Zhang,
Cundong Li

Published: June 25, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216575
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