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The relationship between population structure and aluminum tolerance in cultivated sorghum.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Caniato Fernanda F, Guimarães Claudia T, Hamblin Martha, Billot Claire, Rami Jean-François, Hufnagel Barbara, Kochian Leon V, Liu Jiping, Garcia Antonio Augusto F, Hash C Tom, Ramu Punna, Mitchell Sharon, Kresovich Stephen, Oliveira Antônio Carlos, de Avellar Gisela, Borém Aluízio, Glaszmann Jean-Christophe, Schaffert Robert E, Magalhaes Jurandir V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Acid soils comprise up to 50% of the world's arable lands and in these areas aluminum (Al) toxicity impairs root growth, strongly limiting crop yield. Food security is thereby compromised in many developing countries located in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. In sorghum, SbMATE, an Al-activated citrate transporter, underlies the Alt(SB) locus on chromosome 3 and confers Al tolerance via...
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