Scientists devise method for bypassing aluminum toxicity

摘要

A team of biochemists at the University of Califomia/ Riverside has devised a method for bypassing aluminum toxicity in food crops, a major problem in tropical agriculture. Aluminum toxicity halts root growth in plants, severely limiting agricultural productivity for more than half of the world's arable land. Grains and oil seeds produce meager yields, limiting tropical countries' efforts to expand economic growth. Farmers in the tropics are forced to clear more forest to grow enough food for their families, displacing wild species.