Chemical Strategies for Iron Acquisition
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Dorothee Staiger
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Iron is an essential element for plant nutrition. Although iron is the fourth most abundant element (3 %) of the earth's crust, it is not readily available because of its low solubility. Therefore, plants need an active mechanism to extract iron from the soil. They have evolved several chemical stra