**Author details**

Yee-Shan Ku1 , Wan-Kin Au-Yeung1 , Yuk-Lin Yung1 , Man-Wah Li1 , Chao-Qing Wen1 , Xueyi Liu2 and Hon-Ming Lam1,2\*

\*Address all correspondence to: honming@cuhk.edu.hk

1 State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese Uni‐ versity of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

2 Institute of Economic Crops, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fengyang, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

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age 2012;61(1) 80-88.

ment 2008;95(6) 659-668.

tion Science 2008;26(2) 147-159.

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**Chapter 11**
