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Genes Help Plants Tolerate High Boron Levels (1 of 2)

Caption: Leaf symptoms of boron toxicity in barley. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 30, 2007 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Tim Sutton and colleagues at University of Adelaide in Glen Osmond, SA, Australia, was titled "Boron-Toxicity Tolerance in Barley Arising from Efflux Transporter Amplification."

Credit: Image courtesy of Tim Sutton

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