StMYB113b is a key regulator of red skin pigmentation in potato tubers

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by General Program of Science and Technology Department of Qinghai Province (2023-ZJ-909M) and the earmarked fund (CARS09). We also thank Kunlun Talent High end Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent Leading Talent Project of Qinghai Province (2022).

Author contributions

F.W. designed the study and led the study. L.Z., K.D., J.W., and Y.B. collected the samples and did the formal analysis. K.D., C.L., and M.X. performed the experiments. F.W., L.Z., and K.D. wrote the manuscript. F.C., F.W., and J.W. reviewed and contributed to improve it and revised the last version of the manuscript.

Data availability

The raw data of this study could be found at National Genomics Data Center (https://ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/) under accession number PRJCA033515.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

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