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
Beebe, Stephen E.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Cajiao V., César Hernando
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Grajales, Miguel A.
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Butare, L.
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[Yield potential from interspecific crosses of common and runner bean]
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Yield potential from interspecific crosses of common and runner bean
BACKGROUND Plants depend on their root systems to acquire the water and nutrients necessary for their survival in nature, and for their yield and nutritional quality in agriculture. Root systems are complex and a variety of root phenes have been identified as contributors to adaptation to soils w...
Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Miles, John W.
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Beebe, Stephen E.
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Horst, Walter J.
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[Root adaptations to soils with low fertility and aluminium toxicity]
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Root adaptations to soils with low fertility and aluminium toxicity
Aluminum (Al) toxicity is the principal abiotic constraint in acid soils of the tropics. Common bean, meanwhile, is for the most part
very sensitive to this stress although certain genotypes within the species show some level of resistance, justifying screening of
germplasm from both the Andean a...
Blair, Matthew W.
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López Marin, H.D.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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[Identification of aluminum resistant Andean common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes]
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Identification of aluminum resistant Andean common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes
Rangel Becerra, AF
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Braun, HP
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Horst, Walter J.
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[Aluminum resistance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) involves induction and maintenance of citrate exudation from root apices]
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Aluminum resistance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) involves induction and maintenance of citrate exudation from root apices
Aluminum is usually regarded as the determining factor for plant growth in acid soils and nutrient deficiencies are often additional growth-limiting factors in tropical acid soils. Taking into account the potential interactions between Al toxicity and nutrient deficiencies, the present study inve...
Akhter, A
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Khan, S.H.
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Hiroaki, E
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Tawaraya, K
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Wenzl, Peter
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Ishikawa, S.
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Wagatsuma, Tadao
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[Greater contribution of low-nutrient tolerance to sorghum and maize growth under combined stress conditions with high aluminum and low nutrients in solution culture simulating the nutrient status of tropical acid soils]
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Greater contribution of low-nutrient tolerance to sorghum and maize growth under combined stress conditions with high aluminum and low nutrients in solution culture simulating the nutrient status of tropical acid soils
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Aluminium (Al) toxicity and drought are two major stress factors limiting common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) production on tropical acid soils. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) treatment reduces Al uptake and Al toxicity.
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The effect of PEG 6000‐induced osmotic stress on the expression of genes was st...
Yang, Z.B.
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Eticha, D
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Rotter, B
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Horst, Walter J.
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[Physiological and molecular analysis of polythylene glycol-induced reduction of aluminium accumulation in the root tips of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)]
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Physiological and molecular analysis of polythylene glycol-induced reduction of aluminium accumulation in the root tips of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) proved to be very sensitive of low pH (4.3), with large genotypic differences in proton sensitivity. Therefore, proton toxicity did not allow the screening of common bean genotypes for aluminium (Al) resistance using the established protocol for maize (0.5 mM C...
Rangel Becerra, AF
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Mobin, M
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Horst, Walter J.
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[Proton toxicity interferes with the screening of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes for aluminium resistance in nutrient solution]
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Proton toxicity interferes with the screening of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes for aluminium resistance in nutrient solution
Aluminum (Al) toxicity is a major limiting factor of crop production in acid soils, which are found mostly in developing countries of the tropics and sub-tropics. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is particularly sensitive to Al toxicity; and development of genotypes with better root growth in ...
López Marin, H.D.
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Rao, Idupulapati M.
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Blair, Matthew W.
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[Quantitative trait loci for root morphology traits under aluminum stress in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)]
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Quantitative trait loci for root morphology traits under aluminum stress in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)