Solving the puzzle of salicylic acid biosynthesis in plants

Pei Miao; Jian-Min Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2025.08.003

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Solving the puzzle of salicylic acid biosynthesis in plants

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2025.08.003

Pei Miao¹,
Jian-Min Zhou^2,3

1. Yazhouwan National Laboratory, Sanya, Hainan 572024, China;
2. Yazhouwan National Laboratory, Sanya, Hainan 572024, China;
3. Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

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This work was supported by grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32330056).

Received Date: 2025-08-07
Accepted Date: 2025-08-08
Publish Date: 2025-08-13

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