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Tropical soils with high aluminum concentrations cause oxidative stress in two tomato genotypes.
Environmental monitoring and assessment - 1 Mar 2015
Nogueirol Roberta Corrêa, Monteiro Francisco Antonio, Gratão Priscila Lupino, Borgo Lucélia, Azevedo Ricardo Antunes
Abstract excerpt
Tropical and subtropical soils are usually acidic and have high concentrations of aluminum (Al). Aluminum toxicity in plants is caused by the high affinity of the Al cation for cell walls, membranes, and metabolites. In this study, the response of the antioxidant-enzymatic system to Al was examined in two tomato genotypes: Solanum lycopersicum var. esculentum (Calabash Rouge) and Solanum lycopersicum var....
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