MANGANESE AS ESSENTIAL AND TOXIC ELEMENT FOR PLANTS: TRANSPORT, ACCUMULATION AND RESISTANCE MECHANISMS
Manganese is an essential element for plants, intervening in several metabolic processes, mainly in photosynthesis and as an enzyme antioxidant-cofactor. Nevertheless, an excess of this micronutrient is toxic for plants. Mn phytotoxicity is manifested in a reduction of biomass and photosynthesis, an...
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Chilean Society of Soil Science / Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del Suelo
2010
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-95162010000200008 |
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