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EMS-Mediated Mutagenesis in Marigold Seeds and Its Effects on Seedling Growth and Physiology

Chao Meng^1,#, Ikram Ullah^2,#, Wenjin Wu³, Yiping Zhang¹, Ruixue Shi¹, Shaodan Luo³, Cuixia Luo³, Satyabrata Nanda⁴, Mahmoud F. Seleiman⁵, Yalian Jiang^1,*, Wangqi Huang^1,*

1 Institute of Flower, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Flower Breeding, National Engineering Research Center for Ornamental Horticulture, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Flower Genetic Improvement, Kunming, 650205, China
2 College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
3 West Yunnan University, Lincang, 67700, China
4 School of Biotechnology, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubaneswar, 752050, India
5 Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

* Corresponding Authors: Yalian Jiang. Email: ; Wangqi Huang. Email:
# These authors contributed equally to this work