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Boron toxicity tolerance in barley through reduced expression of the multifunctional aquaporin HvNIP2;1.
Plant physiology - 1 Aug 2010
Schnurbusch Thorsten, Hayes Julie, Hrmova Maria, Baumann Ute, Ramesh Sunita A, Tyerman Stephen D, Langridge Peter, Sutton Tim
Abstract excerpt
Boron (B) toxicity is a significant limitation to cereal crop production in a number of regions worldwide. Here we describe the cloning of a gene from barley (Hordeum vulgare), underlying the chromosome 6H B toxicity tolerance quantitative trait locus. It is the second B toxicity tolerance gene identified in barley. Previously, we identified the gene Bot1 that functions as an efflux transporter in B...
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