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Jian Feng Ma
Life Sciences
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Transport System of Mineral Elements in Rice
Plant requires 14 mineral elements for their growth and development. These elements in the soil are taken up by the roots, translocated from the roots to the shoots, and distributed to different organs dependi...
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Transcriptional Regulation of Al Tolerance in Plants
Great progresses have been made in understating of molecular mechanisms of Al tolerance in plants during last decade. A number of Al-tolerance genes have been functionally characterized, especially in rice and...
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Functions of Silicon in Higher Plants
Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element, either on the basis of weight or number of atoms, in the earth’s crust. Because of its strong affinity with oxygen, in nature Si always exists as silica (Si di...
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Early events induced by aluminum stress in elongating cells of wheat root
The relation between the toxic effects of alminum (Al) on growth and cell viability in roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv Atlas 66) was investigted. Root elongation of wheat was reduced after 3 h of treatmen...
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Secretion of citric acid as an aluminium-resistant mechanism in Cassia tora L.
The mechanism responsible for Al resistance in Cassia tora L., an Al-resistant species, was investigated by comparison with Cassia occidentalis L., an Al-sensitive species, in terms of secretion of citric acid. I...
