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Incomplete transfer of accessory loci influencing SbMATE expression underlies genetic background effects for aluminum tolerance in sorghum.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 2013
Melo Janaina O, Lana Ubiraci G P, Piñeros Miguel A, Alves Vera M C, Guimarães Claudia T, Liu Jiping, Zheng Yi, Zhong Silin, Fei Zhangjun, Maron Lyza G, Schaffert Robert E, Kochian Leon V, Magalhaes Jurandir V
Abstract excerpt
Impaired root development caused by aluminum (Al) toxicity is a major cause of grain yield reduction in crops cultivated on acid soils, which are widespread worldwide. In sorghum, the major Al-tolerance locus, AltSB , is due to the function of SbMATE, which is an Al-activated root citrate transporter. Here we performed a molecular and physiological characterization of various AltSB donors and near-isogenic lines...
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