This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA28030000);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFD1500503,2022YFF1003401);Science&Technology Specific Projects in Agricultural High-tech Industrial Demonstration Area of the Yellow River Delta(2022SZX14);the earmarked fund for CARS-Green Manure(CARS-22);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS(Y2022039).
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