High aluminum resistance in buckwheat: I. Al-induced specific secretion of oxalic acid from root tips

Plant Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 745-751

  Zheng, Shao Jian ^a,b,c   Ma, Jian Feng ^a   Matsumoto, Hideaki ^a,b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 14944373281     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.3.745     Document Type: Article

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