Rice Plants That Resist Uptake of Arsenic Could Ease Shortage
Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 04:21
in Biology & Nature
Genetically engineered rice plants that resist the uptake of toxic metals could boost production and ease the shortage of this staple crop in Asia, India and Bangladesh, where irrigation with contaminated groundwater has created soils with toxic levels of arsenic.
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