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Graskova Irina Alekseevna, Doctor of Science (Biology), Principal Research Scientist, Siberian Institute of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry SB RAS, 132, Lermontov st., Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation, e-mail: graskova@sifibr.irk.ru

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