Received for publication 5 June 2019. Accepted for publication 8 July 2019. The key research and development project of Hunan Province ‘‘Research and Demonstration of Technology for Improving Quality, Increasing Yield and High Value Utilization of Woody Grain Tree Species in Hunan Province (2018NK2043),’’ the Key Research and Development Project of Hunan Province ‘‘Quality Innovation and Key Technologies of Main Nonwood Forest Species in Hunan Province (2016NK2147),’’ and the Post-graduate Science and Technology Innovation Fund Project of Central South University of Forestry Science and Technology ‘‘Research on Embryo Abortion Mechanism of Fresh-eating Jujube in South China (CX2016A02)’’ provided financial support for the conduct of the research and preparation of the article. Thanks are due to Juan Chen and Rongyan Hong for assistance with the experiments, and to Professor Sen Wang for valuable discussion. S.W. is the corresponding author. E-mail: csuftwangsen@163.com.
The key research and development project of Hunan Province ??Research and Demonstration of Technology for Improving Quality, Increasing Yield and High Value Utilization of Woody Grain Tree Species in Hunan Province (2018NK2043),?? the Key Research and Development Project of Hunan Province ??Quality Innovation and Key Technologies of Main Nonwood Forest Species in Hunan Province (2016NK2147),?? and the Postgraduate Science and Technology Innovation Fund Project of Central South University of Forestry Science and Technology ??Research on Embryo Abortion Mechanism of Fresh-eating Jujube in South China (CX2016A02)?? provided financial support for the conduct of the research and preparation of the article. Thanks are due to Juan Chen and Rongyan Hong for assistance with the experiments, and to Professor Sen Wang for valuable discussion.