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Protective effect of divalent cations against aluminum toxicity in soybean

Ivo Ribeiro da Silva, Tarcísio Fernando Côrtes Corrêa, Roberto Ferreira Novais, Fabrício de Oliveira Gebrim, Flancer Novais Nunes, Eulene Francisco da Silva, [...]

01/Oct/2008

A large proportion of soybean fields in Brazil are currently cultivated in the Cerrado region, where the area planted with this crop is growing considerably every year. Soybean cultivation in acid soils is also increasing worldwide. Since the levels of toxic aluminum (Al) in these acid soils is usually high it is important to understand how cations can reduce Al rhizotoxicity in soybean. In the present study we evaluated the ameliorative effect of nine divalent cations (Ca, Mg, Mn, Sr, […]