Editorial: Extremophiles: tolerance mechanisms and use in crop improvement.

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Plant Molecular Science and Centre of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom.

Published: June 2023


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