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2008-11-26 | permalink
Gene identified as key to sorghum’s survival in toxic soils
Though many of the world’s acidic soils have aluminum levels that are toxic to food plants, subsistence farmers often depend on these soils to survive. ARS plant physiologist Leon Kochian has been a part of a multinational effort to find a gene in sorghum - a key food crop in Africa - to protect it against aluminum toxicity in acidic soils.
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2008-11-26 | permalink
Gene identified as key to sorghum’s survival in toxic soils
Though many of the world’s acidic soils have aluminum levels that are toxic to food plants, subsistence farmers often depend on these soils to survive. ARS plant physiologist Leon Kochian has been a part of a multinational effort to find a gene in sorghum - a key food crop in Africa - to protect it against aluminum toxicity in acidic soils.
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