Nutrient and toxin all at once: How plants absorb the perfect quantity of minerals

Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 23:30 in Biology & Nature

In order to survive, plants should take up neither too many nor too few minerals from the soil. New insights into how they operate this critical balance have now been determined. The researchers discovered novel functions of the metal-binding molecule nicotianamine.

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