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Back to Acid Soil Fields: The Citrate Transporter SbMATE Is a Major Asset for Sustainable Grain Yield for Sorghum Cultivated on Acid Soils.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 17 Dec 2015
Carvalho Geraldo, Schaffert Robert Eugene, Malosetti Marcos, Viana Joao Herbert Moreira, Menezes Cicero Bezerra, Silva Lidianne Assis, Guimaraes Claudia Teixeira, Coelho Antonio Marcos, Kochian Leon V, van Eeuwijk Fred A, Magalhaes Jurandir Vieira
Abstract excerpt
Aluminum (Al) toxicity damages plant roots and limits crop production on acid soils, which comprise up to 50% of the world's arable lands. A major Al tolerance locus on chromosome 3, AltSB, controls aluminum tolerance in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] via SbMATE, an Al-activated plasma membrane transporter that mediates Al exclusion from sensitive regions in the root apex. As is the case with other known...
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