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HKT1;5-like cation transporters linked to Na+ exclusion loci in wheat, Nax2 and Kna1.
Plant physiology - 1 Apr 2007
Byrt Caitlin S, Platten J Damien, Spielmeyer Wolfgang, James Richard A, Lagudah Evans S, Dennis Elizabeth S, Tester Mark, Munns Rana
Abstract excerpt
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) has a greater ability to exclude Na+ from its leaves and is more salt tolerant than durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum [Desf.]). A novel durum wheat, Line 149, was found to contain a major gene for Na+ exclusion, Nax2, which removes Na+ from the xylem i...
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