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Exploiting sorghum genetic diversity for enhanced aluminum tolerance: Allele mining based on the AltSB locus.
Scientific reports - 4 Jul 2018
Hufnagel Barbara, Guimaraes Claudia T, Craft Eric J, Shaff Jon E, Schaffert Robert E, Kochian Leon V, Magalhaes Jurandir V
Abstract excerpt
Root damage due to aluminum (Al) toxicity restricts crop production on acidic soils, which are extensive in the tropics. The sorghum root Al-activated citrate transporter, SbMATE, underlies the Al tolerance locus, AltSB, and increases grain yield under Al toxicity. Here, AltSB loci associated with Al tolerance were converted into Amplification Refractory Mutation System (ARMS) markers, which are cost effective...
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