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The authors thank the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, The University of Western Australia, and Director General, ICRISAT for supporting an international workshop in Perth, Australia, to brainstorm topics in the article. R.K.V. acknowledges support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for undertaking research on seed delivery systems through the Tropical Legumes projects at ICRISAT.
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Varshney, R.K., Bohra, A., Roorkiwal, M. et al. Rapid delivery systems for future food security. Nat Biotechnol 39, 1179–1181 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-01079-z
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