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K transporter plays a key role for the uptake of radioactive Cs in rice. When sufficient amount of potassium is supplied, the growth of the plant is supported without the miss uptake of radioactive Cs.
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Why is it important?
Mitigation of radioactive Cs from soil to plant is enforced by plant itself
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Is it same for other crops?
Dr Takuro Shinano
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
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This page is a summary of: Cesium Uptake by Rice Roots Largely Depends Upon a Single Gene, HAK1, Which Encodes a Potassium Transporter, Plant and Cell Physiology, July 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcx094.
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