The relationship between population structure and aluminum tolerance in cultivated sorghum.

The relationship between population structure and aluminum tolerance in cultivated sorghum.

BACKGROUND: Acid soils comprise up to 50% of the world's arable lands and in these areas aluminum (Al) toxicity impairs root growth, strongly limiting crop yield. Food security is thereby compromised in many developing countries located in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. In sorghum,...

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Main Authors: Fernanda F Caniato, Claudia T Guimarães, Martha Hamblin, Claire Billot, Jean-François Rami, Barbara Hufnagel, Leon V Kochian, Jiping Liu, Antonio Augusto F Garcia, C Tom Hash, Punna Ramu, Sharon Mitchell, Stephen Kresovich, Antônio Carlos Oliveira, Gisela de Avellar, Aluízio Borém, Jean-Christophe Glaszmann, Robert E Schaffert, Jurandir V Magalhaes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3114870?pdf=render

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