White Lupin (IMAGE)

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White Lupin

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White lupin has a root system that is highly adapted for poor soils thanks to its proteoid or cluster roots, which allow it to extract phosphate from the soil very effectively. The mapping of its genome represents a major step toward understanding this mechanism.

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Benjamin Peret/CNRS

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