What is it about?
Sweet vernal grass is one of the plant species that has adapted very rapidly to tolerate the low pH and high aluminum conditions caused by repeated fertilization of pastures at Rothamsted, an experimental station in the UK where fertilization has been performed repeatedly since the 1850s.
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Why is it important?
The work by Gould and colleagues illuminates the mechanisms of adaptation to the Aluminum toxicity caused by repeated fertilization.
Perspectives
Gould's work follows a long tradition of experimental study of the Rothamsted Park Grass Experiment.
Professor Eric von Wettberg
University of Vermont
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This page is a summary of: The Park Grass Experiment and next-generation approaches: local adaptation of sweet vernal grass revisited, Molecular Ecology, December 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13007.
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