funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31270752, 30972422);the National Key Technology R&D Program (2011BAC07B02-06);the Foundation for Excellent Youth Scholars of CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Y451081001, Y451111001)
Agriophyllum squarrosum is an annual desert plant widely distributed on mobile and semi-mobile dunes in all the sandy deserts of China. We studied the growth and physiological properties of A. squarrosum seedlings und...