Milestones in plant sulfur research on sulfur-induced-resistance (SIR) in Europe

Until the 1970´s of the last century sulfur (S) was mainly regarded as a pollutant being the main contributor of acid rain, causing forest dieback in central Europe. When Clean Air Acts came into force at the start of the 1980´s SO2 contaminations in the air were consequently reduced within the next...

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Main Authors: Elke eBloem, Silvia eHaneklaus, Ewald eSchnug
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00779/full