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Cadmium uptake and partitioning in durum wheat during grain filling.
BMC plant biology - 16 Jul 2013
Harris Neil S, Taylor Gregory J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Concentrations of cadmium (Cd) in the grain of many durum wheats (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) grown in North American prairie soils often exceed international trade standards. Genotypic differences in root-to-shoot translocation of Cd are a major determinant of intraspecific variation in the accumulation of Cd in grain. We tested the extent to which changes in whole-plant Cd accumulation and the...
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