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Song Xiaoyun, Xiong Yali, Kong Xiuzhen and Huang Guoqiang (Corresponding author). Roles of auxin response factors in rice development and stress responses. Plant Cell & Environment. 2023 46 (4) 1075-1086. 

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Guoqiang Huang, Heng Hu, Allison van de Meene, Jiao Zhang, Le Dong, Shuai Zheng, Fengli Zhang, Natalie S. Betts, Wanqi Liang, Malcolm J. Bennett, Staffan Persson, Dabing Zhang. OsARF6 and OsARF17 control the flag leaf angle in rice by regulating secondary cell wall biosynthesis of lamina joints. Plant Cell. 2021, 33, 3120-3133

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