Prospecting sugarcane genes involved in aluminum tolerance

Aluminum is one of the major factors that affect plant development in acid soils, causing a substantial reduction in yield in many crops. In South America, about 66% of the land surface is made up of acid soils where high aluminum saturation is one of the main limiting factors for agriculture. The b...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo D. Drummond, Claudia T. Guimarães, Juliana Felix, Fernando E. Ninamango-Cárdenas, Newton P. Carneiro, Edilson Paiva, Marcelo Menossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2001-12-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572001000100029