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metabolism. Further study on allelochemical uptake,
compartmentalization, and detoxification is necessary to
elucidate the mechanism involved in this specific recognition
ability.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to JM Vivanco and H Ye for their critical reading
and revision of the manuscript. This work was supported by the
National Natural Science Foundation of China (30235029;
300070522) and the National Outstanding Youth Foundation
(30230250).
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