Identification and characterization of arsenic responsive genes in plants
Arsenic is an acute poison and its contamination in soil and water is widespread. Crambe abyssinica accumulates significantly higher levels of arsenic as compared to other species of the Brassicaceae. Being a non-food, high biomass crop that is naturally tolerant to heavy metals, crambe has signific...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2011
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3465067 |