Rhizosphere bacteria degrade auxin to promote root growth

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by grants from the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Precision Seed Design and Breeding, XDA24020104), the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDB-SSW-SMC021), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31772400, 31761143017, 31801945, 31701997).

Declaration of Interests

The author declare no competing interests.

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