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 Boron suckers [1]

turkish scientists have discovered a plant that can remove boron from soils. They say that it could provide a low cost method to clean up soil contaminated with the naturally-occurring trace element, which is toxic to most crops at high concentrations. Scientists from Selcuk University found that Gypsophila sphaerocephala

Publication Date: 
14/07/2004
Down to Earth [2]
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