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An aluminium (Al) tolerant genotype of white clover was compared with an Al susceptible genotype in artificial soil profiles in which exchangeable Al increased with depth. The tolerant genotype had a greater proportion of its root mass deeper in the soil than the susceptible genotype. Nitrogenase activity showed a similar pattern. Shoot Al concentration did not vary between the genotypes but root Al in the susceptible line was twice that in the tolerant genotype. Plant potassium content in the susceptible line was relatively less, probably in response to higher aluminium content.
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Crush, J.R., Caradus, J.R. Response to soil aluminium of two white clover (Trifolium repens L.) genotypes. Plant Soil 146, 39–43 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011993
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