Biodiversity of mineral nutrient and trace element accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

In order to grow on soils that vary widely in chemical composition, plants have evolved mechanisms for regulating the elemental composition of their tissues to balance the mineral nutrient and trace element bioavailability in the soil with the requirements of the plant for growth and development. Th...

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Main Authors: Ivan Baxter, Christian Hermans, Brett Lahner, Elena Yakubova, Marina Tikhonova, Nathalie Verbruggen, Dai-Yin Chao, David E Salt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338729?pdf=render