Brachiaria species are widely sown on the infertile and Al-toxic soils of neotropical savannas. Breeding programs seek to combine edaphic adaptation with other traits in interspecific hybrids. Edaphic adaptation is difficult to assess because it is only manifest in pasture persistence across seve...
Wenzl, Peter
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Arango Vélez, Adriana
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Chavez, Alba L.
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Buitrago González, M.E.
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Patino, GM
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Miles, John W.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[A greenhouse method to screen brachiariagrass genotypes for aluminum resistance and root vigor]
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A greenhouse method to screen brachiariagrass genotypes for aluminum resistance and root vigor
Aluminum‐resistant Brachiaria decumbens Stapf cv. Basilisk (signalgrass) and closely related, but less resistant Brachiaria ruziziensis Germain & Evrard cv. Common (ruzigrass) both accumulated high concentrations of aluminum (Al) in roots. Approximately two thirds of the total Al was complexed by...
Wenzl, Peter
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Chavez, Alba L.
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Patiño, Gloria M.
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Mayer, Jorge Edgard
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Aluminum stress stimulates the accumulation of organic acids in root apices of Brachiaria species]
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Aluminum stress stimulates the accumulation of organic acids in root apices of Brachiaria species
Al resistance of signalgrass (Brachiaria decumbens Stapf cv Basilisk), a widely sown tropical forage grass, is outstanding compared with the closely related ruzigrass (Brachiaria ruziziensis Germain and Evrard cv Common) and Al-resistant genotypes of graminaceous crops such as wheat, triticale, a...
Wenzl, Peter
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Patino, GM
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Chavez, Alba L.
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Mayer, Jorge Edgard
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[The high level of aluminum resistance in signalgrass is not associated with known mechanism of external aluminum detoxification in root apices]
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The high level of aluminum resistance in signalgrass is not associated with known mechanism of external aluminum detoxification in root apices