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Association mapping provides insights into the origin and the fine structure of the sorghum aluminum tolerance locus, AltSB.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Caniato Fernanda F, Hamblin Martha T, Guimaraes Claudia T, Zhang Zhiwu, Schaffert Robert E, Kochian Leon V, Magalhaes Jurandir V
Abstract excerpt
Root damage caused by aluminum (Al) toxicity is a major cause of grain yield reduction on acid soils, which are prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions of the world where food security is most tenuous. In sorghum, Al tolerance is conferred by SbMATE, an Al-activated root citrate efflux transporter that underlies the major Al tolerance locus, AltSB, on sorghum chromosome 3. We used association mapping to...
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