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SUBMITTER: Sun L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7383589 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Lili L Zhang Mengshi M Liu Xiaomei X Mao Qianzhuo Q Shi Chen C Kochian Leon V LV Liao Hong H
Journal of integrative plant biology 20200515 7
On acid soils, the trivalent aluminium ion (Al<sup>3+</sup> ) predominates and is very rhizotoxic to most plant species. For some native plant species adapted to acid soils including tea (Camellia sinensis), Al<sup>3+</sup> has been regarded as a beneficial mineral element. In this study, we discovered that Al<sup>3+</sup> is actually essential for tea root growth and development in all the tested varieties. Aluminum ion promoted new root growth in five representative tea varieties with dose-dep ...[more]