Breeder works to reduce aluminum toxicity in rice
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 06:00
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) -- As rice farmers around the world begin to turn from wet paddies to dry fields in an attempt to conserve water and mitigate climate change, they are facing a new foe: aluminum.
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