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1 State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou Zhejiang, China

2 Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

3 Department of Soil Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

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