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Inoculation of Chlorella and Food Waste Improves the Physio-Morphological Features of Red Pepper by Regulating Activating Antioxidant Defense System

Sang-Mo Kang^1,#, Shifa Shaffique^1,#, Muhammad Imran^2,#, Su-Mi Jeon³, Shabir Hussain Wani⁵, Muhammad Aaqil Khan⁴, Peter Odongkara¹, Eun-Hae Kwon¹, Yosep Kang¹, Joon-Ik Son⁶, Won-Chan Kim^1,*, In-Jung Lee^1,*

1 Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Korea
2 Biosafety Division, National Institute of Agriculture Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, 54874, Korea
3 Department of Technical Support, Daegu City Agricultural Technology Center, Daegu, 41159, Korea
4 Department of Chemical and Life Sciences, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
5 Mountain Research for Field Crops Khudwani, Shere-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology Srinagar, Jamu and Kashmir, India
6 Corporate Affiliated Research Institute, Seyen Co., Ltd., Kyungsan, 38561, Korea

* Corresponding Authors: Won-Chan Kim. Email: ; In-Jung Lee. Email:
# These authors equally contribute to this work